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We Live Next Door to a Medieval People. Sadly.Orthodoxy, Empire, and the Struggle for Cultural Liberation in Ethiopia
By Yadessa Guma (PhD, Anthropology) Posted on2025-07-182025-07-16
A medieval mindset still haunts the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, preserving Ge’ez exclusivity while marginalizing Oromo identity. A recent video by an Orthodox clergyman exposing this racism underscores the need for ecclesiastical autonomy. This article examines how spiritual exclusion is tied to imperial history—and why a modern, inclusive Oromia Orthodox Church is no longer just necessary, but inevitable.
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Lessons to be Learnt from the Recent Attempt to Form Oromia Orthodox Synod
By Itansaa Barii Posted on2023-02-162025-01-16
read this article with audio player Background The announcement of the formation of the Oromia Orthodox Synod on 22 January 2023 was widely welcomed among the Oromo nationals with an overwhelming degree of positivity. It was felt as though that was a wonderful good news for the new year. At long last the Oromo Orthodox...
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church: Amhara's Weapon of Mass Confusion
By Abbaa Torbban Posted on2023-01-282025-07-16
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's focus should have been on theology instead of being an economic and political instrument that provides a way of life. In the name of religious teaching, the Orthodox Church made it possible for the Amharic language to expand across the empire of Ethiopia while at the same time allowing the Amharas...
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