OCP News Service - 7/2/2020 Global: A statue of former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie has been destroyed in the Wimbledon Park in south-west London. The statue was destroyed by a group of more than 100 people. The incident has been linked to the recent unrest in Ethiopia as a result of the murder of the popular Oromian ...
Solomon Kibriye (Editor Ethiopian Affairs) - OCP News Service- 1/5/18 Today the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church celebrates the annual feast day of St. George. Today marks the martyrdom of this Saint. St. George is a very popular Saint in Ethiopia. He is one of the patron saints of the country, as well as it’s military, and ...
Solomon Kibriye (Editor- Ethiopian Affairs) - OCP News Service - 17/3/18 This week, his Holiness Patriarch Abune Matthias I, Patriarch of Ethiopia, Echege of of the See of St. Tekle Haimanot and Archbishop of Aksum, celebrated the 5th anniversary of his enthronement in the midst of unprecedented civil unrest throughout the country. His Holiness released a ...
Solomon Kibriye (Editor - Ethiopian Affairs) - OCP News Service - 15/11/7 November, 2017 marks the 87th anniversary of the coronation of the last Christian Emperor in the world, a member of the Oriental Orthodox Communion. At the Cathedral of Saint George in Addis Ababa, the Coptic Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Abune Kerrilos, ...