The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas ... including mudslides. Earthquakes last week in the remote regions of Afar, Amhara and Oromia have ...

Abune Mathias, a native of the northern Tigray region who lived in exile for 30 years for criticizing the country’s then-communist regime, was filmed by Dennis Wadley, director of Bridges of ...

Image caption, Abune Mathias will be the sixth patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has elected a new head six months after the death of the previous patriarch.