http://orthodoxhistory.org/2011/07/22/notes-on-an-ethiopian-orthodox-court-case/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://orthodoxhistory.org/2011/07/22/notes-on-an-ethiopian-orthodox-court-case/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 JTeusink Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:31:22 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=4681#comment-1509 I agree that the precedent is an odd one, but the situation may be more complicated and political than it appears to be on the surface. We’re much too close to the reign of HIM Haile Silase, the Mengistu dictatorship, and the ongoing rule of the Meles regime to be able to interpret the events connected to them in terms of white and black – there are far too many historical, class, ethnic, and political undercurrents to most of these things in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches in both the Horn of Africa and the Diaspora.

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