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Ethiopia's torn Orthodox church reunites after 27 yearsAFP•July 27, 2018Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen the reunification of feuding wings of the one of the world's oldest Christian churches, his top aide said Friday.The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch after the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) removed the Derg military junta from power.The patriarch Abuna Merkorios, seen as hostile to the new regime, was forced to abdicate and later escaped the country to settle in the United States.Read more at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ethiopias-torn-orthodox-church-reunites-27-years-140248747.html
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