Patriarch comments on Tigray war divides Ethiopian Christians along ethnic lines Africanews 5 days ago © EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP or licensors Patriarch Abune Mathias said the actions of the Ethiopian government on Tigray amounts to genocide.
Head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia breaks his silence on the war in Tigray.
In his first public comments, the Patriarch has sharply criticized Ethiopia s actions. Abune Mathias said he believes the actions amount to genocide.
However, his comments have divided Ethiopian Orthodox Christians along ethnic lines. The patriarch s message brings hope and unity for the seekers of truth. However, his message had been ignored for six months and he was forbidden from addressing the world. It is good for the world to finally hear his message which brings a sense of unity to the people , said Father Selassie Merkse, Priest at Saint Mary s church in Mekele.
U S envoy hosts head of Ethiopian Orthodox Church after he warned of genocide in Tigray region
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U.S. ambassador hosts Ethiopian Orthodox Church head after Tigray warning
May 10, 2021 associated press
In this April 17, 2020, file photo, Abune Mathias, the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, uses hand sanitizer, to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, during an Orthodox Good Friday service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes it s genocide. (Credit: Mulugeta Ayene/AP.)
The United States ambassador to Ethiopia on Monday hosted the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church after he warned of “genocide” in the Tigray region in his first public comments on the war.
The United States ambassador to Ethiopia on Monday hosted the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church after he warned of ``genocide in the Tigray region in his first public comments on the war.
In a Facebook post, the U.S. Embassy said Ambassador Geeta Pasi discussed the humanitarian situation in Tigray with the patriarch, Abune Mathias, as well as his video message released last week and first reported by The Associated Press.
In the message, filmed by an American friend on a mobile phone and taken out of Ethiopia, the church leader said that ``they want to destroy the people of Tigray and said his previous attempts to speak out on the six-month conflict had been blocked.
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The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes it is genocide: “They want to destroy the people of Tigray.”
In a video shot last month on a mobile phone and carried out of Ethiopia, the elderly Patriarch Abune Mathias addresses the church’s scores of millions of followers and the international community, saying his previous attempts to speak out were blocked. He is ethnic Tigrayan.
The video comes as the conflict in Tigray marks six months. Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting between Ethiopian and allied forces and Tigray ones, the result of a political struggle that turned deadly in November. Dozens of witnesses have told the AP that civilians are targeted.
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