Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ Tewahədo Bet'ə K'rstian Ertra
Eritrean Cross (identical to the Coptic cross)
Founder	The Apostle and Evangelist Mark in 42 AD Alexandria, Saint Frumentius in 328 AD Axum, Abune Phillipos in 1993 AD Asmara
Independence	From Alexandria in 1998 (dubious)
Recognition	Oriental Orthodox
Headquarters	Asmara, Eritrea
Territory	Eritrea
Language	Ge'ez (liturgical), Tigrinya
Members	3,030,000
Website	eritreantewahdo.org

ቤተ ክርስትያን ተዋህዶ ኤርትራ

The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an Oriental Orthodox church with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. Its was recognised by the Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III after Eritrea gained its independence in 1993.

Tewahdo (Te-wa-hado) (Ge'ez ተዋሕዶ tawāhidō) is a Ge'ez word meaning "being made one," cognate to Arabic tawhid. According to the Orthodox Encyclopedia (1917 edition) article on the Henoticon: around 500 bishops within the Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem refused to accept the "two natures" doctrine decreed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, thus separating themselves from the future Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. This separate Christian communion came to be known as Oriental Orthodoxy. Oriental Orthodox Churches, which today include the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, are referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian", and, sometimes by outsiders as "monophysite" (meaning "One Nature", in reference to Christ; a rough translation of the name Tewahido). However, these Churches themselves describe their Christology as miaphysite.