Autograph Note Signed In Arabic By Kyrillos The Last Egyptian Born Metropolitan Of The Ethiopian

by Ethiopia Kyrillos

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

7-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches. 1 vols. Fine. Item #40395 Until the mid-twentieth century, the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was a Copt appointed by the Coptic Patriarchate in Egypt. In 1929, four native Ethiopian bishops were ordained to assist the Coptic Metropolitan. Subsequently, with the support of Emperor Haile Selassie reigned 1930-1974 , an agreement was reached with the Copts in 1948 providing for the election of an ethnic Ethiopian

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