ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- In his Easter message this week, Patriarch Abune Mathias, head of Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church, vowed to fight homosexuality, saying it will bring destruction to the world.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the ...

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.

A displaced Tigrayan boy runs up stairs past graffiti reading "God is better than any thing" at the Hadnet General Secondary School which has become a makeshift home to thousands displaced by the ...

Abune Mathias, 71, will be enthroned in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday. He has been serving as archbishop of the church in Jerusalem and has lived abroad for more than 30 years, first going into ...

<p>NAIROBI, Kenya &mdash; The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he believes ...