ቅድስት ልደታ ለማርያም ቤተ ክርስትያን ሚልዋኪ

Ethiopian is a country with long and rich history of culture and religion. Ethiopia is one of the five countries designated as the Oriental Orthodox Churches consisting of Armenia, Syria Egypt (Coptic Christians) and India. Ethiopia was introduced to Christianity by the Ethiopian eunuch when he returned to Ethiopia from his pilgrimage to Jerusalem after being baptized by Philip the Evangelist in 34 AD. [Acts 8:26-40].

The Ethiopian Orthodox church is called the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Holy Synod headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the highest authority and religious assembly of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church that oversees churches’ faith, canon, code of worship, and appoints archbishops and patriarch. Churches organized and operating under this Holy Synod-the mother church are administered in accordance with the Kale Awadi.