Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1959 to 1970
His Holiness Abune
Basilios
Patriarch Catholicos of the Ethiopia
Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Installed
28 June 1959
Term ended
12 October 1970
Predecessor
Pope Cyril VI (Before autocephaly from Coptic Church) Abuna Qerellos IV (as Archbishop of Ethiopia)
Successor
Abuna Theophilos
Other post(s)
Archbishop of Ethiopia Blessed Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot
Orders
Ordination
1914 (Priesthood)
Consecration
25 July 1948 by Coptic Pope Yousab II
Personal details
Born
Gebre-Giorghis Wolde-Tsadiq
(1891-04-23)23 April 1891
Mada Mikael, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Merhabete, North Shewa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia)
Died
13 October 1970(1970-10-13) (aged 79)
Buried
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nationality
Ethiopian
Abuna Basilios (23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born first Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.[1]
^Unless otherwise indicated, material for this article was taken from Yolande Mara, The Church of Ethiopia – The National Church in the Making (Asmara: IL POLIGRAFICO, 1972), pp. 113-115.
AbunaBasilios (23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born first Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox...
following the death of Abuna Qerellos IV, the last Copt to lead the Church of Ethiopia. The first Patriarch of Ethiopia was AbunaBasilios, who was consecrated...
Church. He officially succeeded AbunaBasilios in 1971 after he had assumed the role of acting patriarch upon AbunaBasilios's death in 1970. Abune Theophilos...
military formations, as well as the Air Force; later that day Patriarch AbunaBasilios of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, issued an anathema against all those...
Archbishop AbunaBasilios as the first native head of the Ethiopian Church on 14 January 1951. In 1959, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria crowned AbunaBasilios as...
Archbishop, AbunaBasilios, and granted the Ethiopian church autocephaly. His successor as Coptic Orthodox Pope, Cyril VI, elevated Abune Basilios to the exalted...
January 1965. Hosted nominally by AbunaBasilios (head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), but effectively by Abuna Theophilos, this meeting was momentous...
This is a list of the abunas of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna is known officially as Patriarch and...
Alexandria granted autocephaly to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. AbunaBasilios was consecrated the first patriarch-catholicos of the Ethiopian Church...
and placed below the tomb prepared for Ethiopia's first Patriarch, AbunaBasilios.[citation needed] His younger sister Zenebe Worq was married off at...
Archbishop, AbunaBasilios, 14 January 1951. Then in 1959, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria crowned Basilios as the first Patriarch of Ethiopia. Basilios died in...
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refused to accept the new government. The leader of the church, Patriarch AbunaBasilios, issued an anathema against all those who cooperated with the coup leaders...
"Later in the afternoon the Rases were invited to visit His Holiness AbunaBasilios, the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church at his residence. The...
soldiers in from outlying provinces; they also issued leaflets signed by AbunaBasilios, head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which condemned the...
Orthodox Pope Joseph II consecrated an Ethiopian-born Archbishop. 1959 – AbunaBasilios crowned as the first Patriarch of Ethiopia. 1974 – Disestablishment...
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church to the title of Patriarch-Catholicos. AbunaBasilios, who was the first Ethiopian to be appointed Archbishop of Ethiopia...
Tewahido Church, succeeding the late AbunaBasilios, who had died on October 13. He was enthroned as Patriarch Abuna Theophilos on May 9 and would reign...
activities. The Battle of Yongju was won by the United Nations forces. The AbunaBasilios (born Gebre Gyorgis Wolde Tsadik) was selected as the first Ethiopian-born...
monastery about 60 years later. AbunaBasilios (23 April 1891 – 19 October 1970) the first Ethiopian-born archbishop or abuna, and later the first patriarch...
Ethiopian-born Archbishop, AbunaBasilios, 14 January 1951. Then in 1959, Pope Cyril VI crowned Basilios as the first Patriarch of Ethiopia. Basilios died in 1971,...
Egypt's Coptic Christian church. Egypt's Pope Cyril VI appointed Bishop AbunaBasilios as the patriarch of the church, with authority to consecrate his bishops...
Maneuvers Begin". Saeb Salam formed a new government in Lebanon. Died: AbunaBasilios, 89, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian church. Julia Culp...
immediately consecrated by the Patriarch of Alexandria and the successor to Abuna Qerellos IV is granted the power to consecrate new bishops, who are empowered...
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