Several Christians were among a group of prisoners recently released in Eritrea, though seven senior church leaders remain in ...

Abune Antonios, a confined Eritrean Orthodox Church patriarch and the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the Horn of Africa, died on February 9 at age 94. He had been in detention in the ...

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 ...

Eritrean Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity is seen in this undated photo. The 52-year-old bishop had spent Christmas 2022 in prison, but was released shortly after. (CNS photo/courtesy ...

Abune Antonios was put under house arrest in 2007 by the notoriously repressive government of the Horn of Africa nation in a case that drew criticism from rights groups, the European Parliament, ...

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy in a ...

A delegation from Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church attended the ordination ceremony of His Grace Abuna Basilios as the sixth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church on Sunday. The solemn ...

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and a day people can go egg hunting or feast on their favorite meals. But not everyone celebrates the holiday on the same day. Orthodox ...

To the world, he was Nipsey Hussle, the rapper, activist and entrepreneur whose “Victory Lap” album earned a Grammy nomination. ‘But for the hundreds of people who gathered Sunday at the Medhani-Alem ...

In an unprecedented move, Eritrean bishops in the Orthodox church have expelled their former patriarch, Abune Antonios. Antonios, who was the head of the church until 2006, was accused of heresy in a ...