Abune Dioskoros

Abune Dioskoros
Enthroned April 2007
Predecessor Abune Antonios
Other posts Bishop of the Seraye district of the Orthodox Church

Abune Dioskoros (born 1935)[1] is the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed in April 2007[2] with the unanimous approval of the Holy Synod.[3] It was in 2008 reported that certain Eritrean churches did not recognise Abune Dioskoros as patriarch and continued to endorse his predecessor, Abune Antonios,[4] who was removed from the post after having criticized the government of Eritrea.[3] The removal of Abune Antonios at the behest of the Eritrean government was denounced by the other Oriental Orthodox Churches who have all refused to recognize Abune Dioskoros as legitimate Patriarch of Eritrea.

References

  1. ^ "His Holiness Abune Dioskorios Anointed as 4th Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church". Shabait. 28 May 2007. http://allafrica.com/stories/200705290394.html. 
  2. ^ "New Eritrean patriarch appointed". Shabait. 25 April 2007. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118BCE17A2ADF1E8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. 
  3. ^ a b Cole, Ethan (29 May 2007). "Eritrea installs controversial new orthodox patriarch". Christian Post. https://www.christianpost.com/article/20070529/eritrea-installs-controversial-new-orthodox-patriarch/print.html. 
  4. ^ Cole, Ethan (30 January 2008). "Eritrea Hides Ex-Orthodox Head from U.S. Officials". Christian Post. http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080130/eritrea-hides-ex-orthodox-head-from-u-s-officials/index.html.