Father, Son, Holy Spirit, in the name of One God, Amen!!! Statement issued by the Public Affairs Office.

On January 18, 2015, in accordance with the provisions of Article 19.3 of the Charter of the Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church held its Holy Assembly, guided by the Holy Spirit. In accordance with decisions passed by the Emergency Assembly regarding current religious, normative and administrative violations in our Church, illegal papacy and those who sought to overthrow the Synod. will be remembered.


Following this, by organizing a series of forums on the decisions and messages of the supreme body of our Church, the Holy Synod, that the people have been well-understood about the violations of the law and the Constitution. please remember. our country.


However, regarding the statement dated January 28, 2015 entitled "Government Communication Service Current Affairs Statement", the point of making the statement is the glory of our holy church. The History and Public Relations Department of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church responded to the main points of the statement as follows: This is because ignoring the facts is a misleading statement by people who do not have full information on the issue. .

 

1. Regarding the statement in the first paragraph of the statement: “The Government believes that the recent schism between the Fathers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahed Church should be resolved peacefully and internally.”


1.1 As far as is known, there was no division among the Church Fathers. According to the decree of the Holy Synod, there are no blessed Fathers known as members and recognized as Fathers of our Church, but there is no disagreement.


GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION SERVICE STATEMENT; The Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Tewahed, having sole legal personality under the Holy Spirit, the Holy Synod, the supreme authority of our church, has denounced and identified the person according to the canon . It is still incorporated and recognized.


1.2. It was found that the statement issued by the government still did not accept the final decision on the internal spiritual and administrative proceedings of the Holy Synod, the last supreme body of the peaceful Holy Church.


1.3. By suppressing the voice of the Holy Church through the media, the Church will not allow any statement that this government statement is being circulated through the media and that it will give a distorted understanding to listeners and viewers. I am aware that