Research Catalog

Title

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the Western Hemisphere and Southern Africa, 1939-1998.

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Additional Authors

• Yesehaq, Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere, 1933-2005.
• Smythe, Victor N.
• Ethiopian Students Union in North America. New York Chapter.
• Ethiopian World Federation.
• Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

Description

3.17 lin. ft. (1 record carton, 1 archival box, 3 flat boxes)

Summary

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOC) in the Western Hemisphere and Southern Africa Records (1939-1998) consists primarily of correspondence (1960-1997) but also contains minutes (1960-1964; 1994, 1996), addresses and speeches by clergy, printed matter, and some ephemera, a notebook of members' information (1970), and financial statements and documents (1956-1984). A significant portion of the correspondence (1993-1997) relates to tensions within the EOC generated by the installation of Abuna Paulos, an archbishop elected by the Holy Synod in Addis Ababa to replace Abuna Yesehaq, the Archbishop of the EOC in the Western Hemishphere and Southern Africa, and the Bronx EOC's legal challenge of Paulos's authority over the congregation and its property. The correspondence also records inquiries from persons interested in the liturgy of the EOC, general news of the EOC in Ethiopia, the United States and Caribbean, and needs of the EOC in South Africa. Also represented in the collection are correspondence and financial ledgers of the Ethiopian World Federation (1938-1970) and some records of the Ethiopian Students' Association in North America, including a list of Ethiopian students in the United States in1965. Some material is written in Amharic.

Subjects

• Black people > United States > Religion
• Ethiopian World Federation
• YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān Western Hemisphere
• YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
• Ethiopian Students Union in North America > New York Chapter
• Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
• YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān Jamaica
• YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān South Africa

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
• Books and magazines transferred to General Research and Reference Division.

Source (note)

• Victor Smythe

Biography (note)

• The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ("made one") Church maintains full communion with the Armenian, Syrian, Indian and Coptic Orthodox Churches, together known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches. In 1959, Abuna Theophilus, the Archbishop of Harar Province in Ethiopia established the Western Hemisphere branch in New York, Jamaica and Guyana. In 1990, a congregation was established in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and brought into the diocese. The Holy Trinity EOC Bronx assembly served as the headquarters of the Western Hemisphere and South Africa Archdiocese.

Call Number

Sc MG 777

OCLC

696393331

Title

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the Western Hemisphere and Southern Africa, 1939-1998.

Biography

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ("made one") Church maintains full communion with the Armenian, Syrian, Indian and Coptic Orthodox Churches, together known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches. In 1959, Abuna Theophilus, the Archbishop of Harar Province in Ethiopia established the Western Hemisphere branch in New York, Jamaica and Guyana. In 1990, a congregation was established in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and brought into the diocese. The Holy Trinity EOC Bronx assembly served as the headquarters of the Western Hemisphere and South Africa Archdiocese.

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Added Author

Yesehaq, Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere, 1933-2005.

Smythe, Victor N.

Ethiopian Students Union in North America. New York Chapter.

Ethiopian World Federation.

Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc MG 777