Abune Phillipos

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Abune Phillipos
1st Patriarch of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
Patriarchy began 1998-05-07
Patriarchy ended 2001-09-27
Successor Abune Yacob
Born 1901-09-27
Endadeko, Debub
Died 2002-09-18
Endadeko, Maekel

Abune Phillipos was the 1st Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. He was born Tewolde Berhane and began his religious training at the Debre Bizen Monastery at the age of eleven.