Eritrean Orthodox patriarch dies after 16 years in detention

Abune Antonios, the former head of Eritrea’s Orthodox church, has died at the age of 94 after spending 15 years in detention as a prisoner of conscience for resisting the Eritrean government’s interference in church affairs.

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