For tests, newsletters and community.

Ethiopian Orthodox icon depicting, the, and the Many traditions claim that teachings were introduced to the region immediately after. Speaks of the 'Ethiopians present in Jerusalem' as being able to understand the preaching of in, 2:38. Possible missions of some of the in the lands now called is also reported as early as the 4th century.

Christianity in Ethiopia. Historians believe that Christianity became the official religion in Ethiopia in the 4th century A.D.; in fact, Orthodox Ethiopians claim that the Bible's Ark of the Covenant is housed in a cathedral in Aksum. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes Frumentius as the missionary responsible for first introducing the Christian religion to Ethiopia. Ancient Ethiopian traditions, inscriptions and documents concerning the Ark of the Covenant, the most revered possession of the Hebrew people. The Beta Israel (“Black Jews of Ethiopia”) and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church believe the Ark was brought to Ethiopia in about 950 B.C. By Menelik, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Includes Ethiopia in his list as one of the regions preached by, where a specific mention of 'Ethiopia south of the Caspian Sea' can be confirmed in some traditions such as the among others. Ethiopian Church tradition tells that accompanied Matthew in a mission which lasted for at least three months. Paintings depicting these missions are available in the Church of St. Matthew found in the, in northern portrayed by Francesco Trevisan (1650-1740) and (1688-1764). The earliest account of an Ethiopian converted to the faith in the books is baptized by (distinct from ), one of the (, 8:26–27): Then the angel of the Lord said to Philip, Start out and go south to the road that leads down from Jerusalem to Gaza.

So he set out and was on his way when he caught sight of an. This man was a eunuch, a high official of the (Candace) Queen of Ethiopia in charge of all her treasure. Bose ae2w bluetooth headphones. (, 8:26–27) The passage continues by describing how Philip helped the Ethiopian treasurer understand a passage from the that the Ethiopian was reading.

After Philip interpreted the passage as prophecy referring to, the Ethiopian requested that Philip baptize him, and Philip did so. The version of this verse reads 'Hendeke' (ህንደኬ); Queen Gersamot Hendeke VII was the Queen of Ethiopia from c. Where the possibility of gospel missions by the cannot be directly inferred from the Books of the New Testament, around 180 AD writes that 'Simon Backos' preached the good news in his homeland outlining also the theme of his preaching as being the coming in flesh of God that 'was preached to you all before.' The same kind of witness is shared by 3rd and 4th century writers such as. Late 17th century portrait of by Baselyos Union with the Coptic Orthodox Church continued after the Arab conquest of. Abu Saleh records in the 12th century that the patriarch always sent letters twice a year to the kings of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and, until Al Hakim stopped the practice. Cyril, 67th patriarch, sent Severus as bishop, with orders to put down and to enforce observance of canonical consecration for all churches.