Without official explanation, the Eritrean government has ordered the closure of all Christian churches that are not Orthodox, Roman Catholic, or Lutheran. SIM (formerly Sudan Interior Mission ...

Police have ordered the temporary closure of four Eritrean churches in Tel Aviv due to security concerns, a Friday report said, after intense clashes last week between supporters of the Eritrean ...

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy ...

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy ...

Asmara — Eight member senior delegation of the World Council of Churches is on a working visit to Eritrea. During a meeting the senior delegation held with the leaders of the Eritrean Churches ...

"They kept asking me to sign a document," he recalls, "and agree to not participate in church activities or express my faith in any form. I was told I would be untied and released the minute I agreed ...

The spiritual head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, Patriarch Antonios, has reportedly been removed from his post by the Eritrean government. Diplomatic sources have confirmed an opposition website ...

Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - Prudence is the word circulating in the environments of the Eritrean Catholic Church regarding the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. "As a Church - says Fr. Mussie ...

OAKLAND — The schism began the day police officers rushed to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church expecting to break up a fight. What they found that Sunday morning was a group of priests and ...

First, His Holiness Abune Yakob, 78, was consecrated and installed as the second Patriarch of Eritrea, at St Mary's Orthodox Church, Asmara, on January 12, 2003. Also that same week, His Eminence ...

“I think it was becoming an embarrassment.” Last seen in public in 2006 The former leader of Eritrea’s Orthodox Church had protested against the government’s meddling in church business ...

Spend Sunday mornings worshipping at Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in Hartwell. It’s the anti-megachurch. Here, there is no band, the prayers are hundreds of years old ...