Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since 2013
His Holiness Abune
Mathias
Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot
Abune Mathias in 2021
Native name
ማትያስ
Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Archdiocese
Aksum and All Ethiopia
Appointed
3 March 2013
Predecessor
Abune Paulos
Orders
Ordination
1962 (Priesthood)
Consecration
21 January 1979 by Abuna Takla Haymanot
Personal details
Born
Teklemariam Asrat
(1941-01-05) 5 January 1941 (age 83)
Agame, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
Nationality
Ethiopian
Denomination
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Residence
EOTC Patriarchate Head Office
Signature
Abune Mathias (born Teklemariam Asrat; 5 January 1941)[1] is the sixth and current Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since 2013.[2] His full title is "His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Sixth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of Saint Taklehaimanot".
^Leustean, Lucian N. (30 May 2014). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-81866-3.
^"His Holiness Abune Mathias elected as sixth Patriach of Ethiopian Orthodox Church". The Sheba Post. 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
AbuneMathias (born Teklemariam Asrat; 5 January 1941) is the sixth and current Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church since 2013. His full...
allowed to return to Addis Ababa and be recognized as Patriarch alongside AbuneMathias. Known before his elevation to the episcopacy as Abba (Father) Ze-Libanos...
Abune Paulos (born Gebremedhin Woldeyohannes; 3 November 1936 – 16 August 2012) was the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from...
2023, an attempt to overthrow AbuneMathias was failed following a secret formation of new 26-made bishop Synod led by Abune Sawiros in Oromia Region diocese...
by the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch AbuneMathias. The group accused the Holy Synod of discriminating ethnic groups. On...
– Abune Sawiros, Abune Ewostatewos and Abune Zena Markos designated 26-made Archbishops to overthrow the Holy Synod led by Patriarch AbuneMathias in...
Abuna (or Abune, which is the status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez አቡነ abuna/abune, 'our father'; Amharic and Tigrinya) is the honorific...
to the terms of the agreement, Abune Merkorios was reinstated as Patriarch alongside AbuneMathias (successor of Abune Paulos), who will continue to be...
development of the country in general and of the region in particular. AbuneMathias (b. 1941), among his titles he is the "Archbishop of Axum" Abay Tsehaye...
Tewahedo Church List of abunas of Eritrea Ethiopian ecclesiastical titles "AbuneMathias elected as the 6th Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church". Ethioabay...
the East: Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Patriarch-Catholicos of Axum: AbuneMathias Patriarch of Eritrea: Vacant Patriarch of the British Orthodox Church:...
Ethiopia Abune Paulos in December 2008; the Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I Keshishian in February 2010, and Patriarch of Ethiopia AbuneMathias in November...
In March 2022, Daniel Kibret responded to a controversial comment by AbuneMathias, in which he said "the [Tigray] war was started to decimate Tigreans...
Peoples' Region, led by Abune Sawiros, which is condemned by the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch AbuneMathias. The incident resulted...
about peace, those that do not know peace have deprived you of peace. — AbuneMathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Prime Minister...
from the original on 2019-12-14. "Ethiopie: Retour du patriarche orthodoxe Abune Merkorios après 27 ans d'exil". August 2018. Archived from the original...
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