Archives for: May 2010
Ethiopian Almaz Gebremedhin Winner of Emeril's Breakfast in Bed Contest (Video)
May 10th, 2010Almaz Gebremedhin Worked 3 Jobs to Support 5 Kids; Son: 'If I Could Give You the World, I Would'
A country of grey and gold:- An election in Ethiopia promises little change
May 31st, 2010"After this week's election victory by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), I ask Ethiopians what they would like to ask their long-serving prime minister, Meles Zenawi. Most often they say they would like to quiz him about God. "I want to know if he is a believer," says my driver in Addis Ababa. Teddy—his name changed to protect his identity—is critical of the government."
12 years of Conflict between Entoto Mekane Yesus members end in reunification
May 27th, 2010"The conflict that was erupted 12 years ago, at the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) Entoto Congregation which became additional input to the cause for the disintegration of the administration of the Central Ethiopia Synod (CES)and the split of its congregations in Addis Ababa, was ended on April 10, 2010 in a joyous reconciliation ceremony at which the reunion of the separated members of the congregations was officially declared."
Vatican Church warns cell scientists not to play God
May 21st, 2010"Pretending to be God and parroting his power of creation is an enormous risk that can plunge men into a barbarity," Mogavero told newspaper La Stampa in an interview. Scientists "should never forget that there is only one creator: God."
Violent Arrest Sparks Probe at Ethiopian Church (Video)
May 19th, 2010"An internal affairs complaint has been filed against the Garland Police Department by a woman who says she was roughed up while being removed from a church service by police at Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Garland,Texas."
African Lutherans press opposition to gay rites
May 17th, 2010"Three months before a major assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, church leaders in Tanzania and Ethiopia—who represent the two largest Lutheran constituencies in Africa—have expressed opposition to "same-sex marriages and those who support the legitimacy of such marriage."
Precious Ethiopian psalter will take its rightful place
May 9th, 2010Delamarter, an Old Testament professor at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, is founder and director of the Ethiopian Manuscript Imaging Project. In the past five years he's tracked down 900 rare books owned by dealers and collectors outside the African country. He and his team digitize the contents, creating copies for Ethiopian libraries. It's an attempt to preserve some of the cultural heritage that's been lost in the turmoil of Ethiopia's history.
Persecution:- Eritrean christian woman dies in prison
May 6th, 2010Senait Oqbazgi Habta (28) died on April 23 in the Sawa Military Training Centre in Eritrea after suffering severe abuse and being denied medical treatment for malaria and severe anemia.
ELCA, Tanzanian, Ethiopian church heads to meet privately on sexuality
May 6th, 2010ELCA presiding bishop Mark S. Hanson said he will have a private meeting in Chicago May 10 with Wakseyoum Idosa, president of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus to discuss concerns about 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly actions related to human sexuality.
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