Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion Cathedral in Axum, the seat of the Tigrayan Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Abbreviation
TOTC
Classification
Eastern Christianity
Orientation
Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox Tewahedo
Scripture
Orthodox Tewahedo Bible
Theology
Miaphysitism
Polity
Episcopal
Primate
Vacant
Region
Tigray and Tigrayan diaspora
Headquarters
Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Axum, Tigray
Founder
The Apostle and Evangelist Mark in 42 AD Alexandria, Saint Frumentius in 328 AD Axum (according to the Tigrayan Orthodox tradition)
Independence
From the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 2022
Members
6,858,600[1]
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The Tigrayan Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Axum, Tigray Region. It declared autocephaly on 7 May 2021, accusing the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of not doing enough to speak out against the Tigray war, and for being too closely aligned with the Ethiopian government.[2][3][4][5]
^"Census 2007" Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Tables 1, 4, 5, 6
^Synod Secretariat sends letters to five Tigray Archbishops seeking "reconciliation", blames "political conspiracy" for rift, 10 February 2023, retrieved July 17, 2023
^መግለፂ ሊቀ ጳጳስ ሀገረ ስብከት ዞባ መቐለ, 29 March 2022, retrieved July 16, 2023
^Tigray Orthodox Church ordained Episcopates, 23 July 2023, retrieved July 24, 2023
^Tigray Church elects bishops in defiance of Addis synod, 2 August 2023, retrieved August 3, 2023
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