Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
| Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን |
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| Founder | Frumentius |
| Independence | 1959 from the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria |
| Recognition | Oriental Orthodox |
| Primate | Abune Mathias (Abuna) |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Territory | Ethiopia |
| Language | Ge'ez (liturgical), Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya |
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ:ኦርቶዶክስ:ተዋሕዶ:ቤተ:ክርስቲያን?; transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches. One of the few pre-colonial Christian Churches in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has a membership of between 45 and 50 million people, the majority of whom live in Ethiopia. It is a founding member of the World Council of Churches. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is in communion with the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria having gained in 1959.
The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from the first half of the 4th century until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, Cyril VI. As one of the oldest Christian churches and a non-Chalcedonian Church, is not in communion with the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a Chalcedonian sui iuris Eastern particular Church within the Catholic Church. Ethiopia is the second country only after Armenia to have officially proclaimed Christianity as state religion (in 333 AD) though some argue it may even be the first.
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