ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Taking the next step in their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday officially opened the border where a bloody war ...

Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday marked the new year at a border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades.

NAIROBI, Kenya— Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church Patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on Feb. 9 at the age of 94. He was still ...

He had been in detention in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, since his arrest in 2006, just two years after his installation as the third patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church. For 16 years, he was ...

Orthodox New Year, commonly known as Old New Year, kicks off a fresh year on Jan. 14 as per the Julian calendar. The day is largely observed in eastern European countries and Russia.

Spend Sunday mornings worshipping at Holy Trinity Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in Hartwell. It’s the anti-megachurch. Here, there is no band, the prayers are hundreds of years old, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Protests erupted ahead of a planned traditional Eritrean celebration for the new year, and lanes of Lafayette Road on the near northwest side of Indianapolis briefly shut down over the ...

Orthodox Christian churches in the D.C. area will be celebrating Easter on Sunday, April 16, in accordance with the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian.