Oriental Orthodox Christian denomination from Eritrea
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ Bet'ə K'rstian Tewahədo Ertra
Enda Mariam Cathedral in Asmara, the seat of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Abbreviation
EOTC
Classification
Eastern Christianity
Orientation
Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox Tewahedo
Scripture
Orthodox Tewahedo Bible
Theology
Miaphysitism
Polity
Episcopal
Primate
Vacant
Region
Eritrea and Eritrean diaspora
Headquarters
Enda Mariam Cathedral, Asmara, Eritrea
Founder
The Apostle and Evangelist Mark in 42 AD Alexandria, Saint Frumentius in 328 AD Axum (according to the Eritrean Orthodox tradition), Abune Phillipos in 1993 AD Asmara (modern)
Independence
From the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 1991
Members
3,030,000[1]
www.lisantewahdo.org
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The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Tigrinya: ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ[2]) is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. Its autocephaly was recognised by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, after Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993. Thus, the Eritrean Church accords a primacy of honor to the Coptic Church.[3][4][5]
Sources differ on the percentage of Christians in the Eritrean population, with most figures being close to one-half,[6][7] although some sources report slightly more than 60%.[8] Almost 90% of Eritrean Christians are followers of Oriental Orthodoxy.[7] The rest of the population is almost entirely Muslim.[6][8]
^"2011 Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country". Global Christianity. Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
^"Eritrean Orthodox Church (Oriental Orthodox) Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
^Ph.D, Mussie Tesfagiorgis G. (29 October 2010). Eritrea. ABC-CLIO. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-59884-232-6.
^Melton, J. Gordon; Baumann, Martin (21 September 2010). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 993. ISBN 978-1-59884-204-3.
^ ab"Eritrea".
^ abThe ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-03
^ abhttp://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projection-table/2050/percent/all/ Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
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