Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

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Christian denomination Eastern Christian church Oriental Orthodox Church autocephalous church

The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox Christian church and one of the largest and oldest Christian communities in Eritrea, tracing its roots to early Christianity in the Horn of Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Eritrean Orthodox Christians 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Christian church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Church ⓘ
autocephalous church ⓘ
autocephalyGrantedBy Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
autocephalyStatus autocephalous ⓘ
baptismPractice infant baptism ⓘ
christology Miaphysite Christology ⓘ
clergyCelibacyRule bishops chosen from monastics ⓘ
clergyMarriageRule parish priests may be married before ordination ⓘ
communion Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
country Eritrea ⓘ
eucharisticTheology real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
fastingTradition extensive fasting periods ⓘ
governance episcopal polity ⓘ
hasClergyRank bishop ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasDiasporaCommunity Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasMonasticTradition yes ⓘ
headTitle Patriarch of Eritrea ⓘ
historicalRoots early Christianity in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
iconographyTradition Eritrean–Ethiopian Christian art ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
liturgicalRite Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
majorityChurchIn Eritrea ⓘ
originRegion Horn of Africa ⓘ
primaryChristianCommunityOf Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean Orthodox Christians
primaryTerritory Eritrea ⓘ
recognizesCouncil Council of Ephesus ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments ⓘ
scripture Bible ⓘ
separatedFrom Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
sharesHeritageWith Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
sharesPatristicTraditionWith Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
theologicalTradition Miaphysitism ⓘ
usesCalendar Coptic calendar ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian (Coptic) calendar
veneration Virgin Mary ⓘ
angels ⓘ
saints ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geʽez script → associatedReligion → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Coptic Christmas → celebratedBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Armenian Apostolic Church → communionWith → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy → hasMemberChurch → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → includes → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Revised Julian calendar → notAdoptedBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → primaryChristianCommunityOf → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean Orthodox Christians
Isaias Afwerki → religion → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Bilen people → religiousAffiliation → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ge'ez → religiousUse → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → seeAlso → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Eritrean Catholic Church → sharesLiturgicalHeritageWith → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Geez → usedAsLiturgicalLanguageBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → usedBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Church → usedBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Rite → usedBy → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Alexandrian Rite → usedByChurch → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian calendar → usedByReligion → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Zema chant tradition → usedIn → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Saint Yared → veneratedIn → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ