Evangelical Ethiopian helps end Orthodox schism

  |  Source: Christianity Today

Wall painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus in in the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. (Photo / A. Davey/ CC BY 2.0)

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Ending 27 years of schism, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in their homeland and in America reunited the two feuding branches of one of the world’s oldest churches.

Ironically, the push came from the Horn of Africa nation’s new evangelical prime minister.

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