New Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch enthroned
January 29, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Abune Basilos has been enthroned as Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (CNEWA profile).
Representatives from other Oriental Orthodox churches attended the ceremony, as did Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea’s president since 1993, whose totalitarian rule has been compared to North Korea’s.
The Oriental Orthodox churches ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451). Eritrea, an East African nation of 6.3 million (map), is 54% Muslim and 44% Christian (38% Orthodox).
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