ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world.

Abune Mathias, Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church attends the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on, at the Meskel Square in ...

Abune Mathias, center, addresses the public during the celebration of the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel, in Addis Ababa, on September 26. Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images “The ...

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, photo, Abune Mathias, the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, uses hand sanitizer during an Orthodox Good Friday service at Holy Trinity Cathedral in ...

Abune Mathias, the sixth patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, during the 2020 Good Friday service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Abune Matthias, 71, has lived abroad for over 30 years. He initially left from Ethiopia following the military coup in 1974 and has travelled widely in Europe and America.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has elected a new head six months after the death of the previous patriarch. Abune Mathias, 71, will be enthroned in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday.

Addis Ababa, February 23, 2025 (POA)— Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) Patriarch Abune Mathias called on the faithful to devote the fasting period to strengthening peace, togetherness ...

Abune Mathias, who has been head of the church since 2013, did not say who was responsible for this. He spoke in a video message that was posted on Twitter on Friday by an American religious ...

Abune Mathias, center, addresses the public during the celebration of the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel, in Addis Ababa, on September 26. Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images “The ...

Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church patriarch condemns Tigray ‘genocide’ In a video recorded last month, Abune Mathias says government forces ‘want to destroy the people of Tigray’.