The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a founding member of the World Council of Churches. One of the few pre-colonial Christian churches of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Ethiopian Church has a membership of between 40 and 45 million, the overwhelming majority of whom live in Ethiopia, and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodox churches. It should not be confused with the Ethiopian Catholic Church, which is a Chalcedonian church. The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, Cyril VI. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ? Transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. Official Website of the Patriarchate (English) Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa, Jerusalem, Europe, United States, Canada, Caribbean, Latin America, Australia, Nigeria
His Holiness Abune Paulos, Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St. 1959 from the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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