Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Exile
Church created following schism in 1991 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Exile was an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church created in the wake of a schism in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church following the deposition of Patriarch Merkorios in 1991 and his exile to the United States.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Exile | |
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Classification | Eastern Christianity |
Orientation | Oriental Orthodoxy |
Scripture | Orthodox Tewahedo Bible |
Theology | Miaphysite |
Primate | Merkorios |
Language | Ge'ez |
Liturgy | Alexandrian rite |
Headquarters | Los Angeles |
Origin | 1991 |
Merged into | Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
Defunct | 2018 |
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