ETHIOPIAN CHURCH. The Ethiopian or Abyssinian church, on the Horn of Africa, is one of the five so-called monophysite Christian churches that reject the Council of Chalcedon (451) and its formula of faith. The church does not call itself monophysite...

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International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is giving the Ethiopian Orthodox Church $6 million US to assist the church in its fight against HIV/AIDS. Supported by the United States Agency for International Development, the donation will fund a three-year program devoted to education and...

Clutching a brass cross in his right hand and flipping to a Gospel passage with his left, the Rev. Abba Melaku Getaneh began an impassioned sermon on Jesus's greeting to his disciples when he appeared to them after his death: "Peace be unto you."...