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{{Infobox Christian denomination|name=Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea|main_classification=[[Eastern Christianity]]|orientation=[[Oriental Orthodoxy]], [[Orthodox Tewahedo]], [[Protestantism]], [[Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism]], [[Evangelicalism]], [[Eastern Protestant Christianity]], [[Pentecostalism]], [[Lutheranism]], [[Baptists|Baptist]], [[Holiness Baptists]], [[Mennonite]]-[[Anabaptist]], [[Holiness movement]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]], [[Methodism|Methodist]], [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]](contracted; show full)
'''Orthodox Tewahedo''' is the common and historical name of the [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] church in the former [[Ethiopian Empire]], that would later become the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], the [[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], and the most dominant [[Christian denomination|Christian denominations]] in its successor states of [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]] respectively. It is one of the few pre-colonial Christian churches in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]
<ref name=":0" />{{fact}} and one of the oldest Christian churches in the world with Ethiopia (then including Eritrea) being historically the second country, following only [[Armenia]], to have officially proclaimed Christianity as its state religion (in AD 333). The '''Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church''' ({{lang-am|የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን}}, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') and the '''Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church''' ([[Ti(contracted; show full)ame=":5" /> As churches were established, they relied on university students from [[Ethiopian Orthodox]] backgrounds to assume leadership roles within the Pentecostal churches.<ref name=":5" /> [[Methodism]],[[Holiness movement]], [[Presbyterianism]], and other denominational orientations have had some underlying influence on Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism.

Protestant Christians still face persecution in rural regions and are assisted by the [[Voice of the Martyrs]];<ref
 name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Koh|first=Lyndsey|title=Ethiopia may not be the Christian safe haven it has been|url=https://www.mnnonline.org/news/ethiopia-may-not-be-the-christian-safe-haven-it-has-been/|access-date=2 December 2020|website=Mission Network News|language=en-US}}</ref> however, there is a growing tolerance between the Ethiopian Orthodox, [[Islam in Ethiopia|Muslims]] and the growing population of P'en'tay Christians in the urban areas of the country. With the dominance of the Ethiopian O(contracted; show full)rn Catholic Churches|Oriental Catholic]]|orientation=[[Eastern Christianity]]|theology=[[Catholic theology]]|polity=[[Episcopal polity|Episcopal]]|structure=|headquarters=[[Addis Ababa]] and [[Asmara]]|leader_title=[[Pope]]|leader_name=[[Pope Francis|Francis]]|leader_title1=[[Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba|Archbishop of Addis Ababa]] <br> [[Eritrean Catholic Archeparchy of Asmara|Archbishop of Asmara]]|leader_name1=[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel]]
<ref name=cnewa2/><ref name=madaa/>{{fact}} <br>  [[Menghesteab Tesfamariam]]|director=|fellowships=|associations=|area=[[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]]|footnotes=}}

The '''Ethiopian Catholic Church''' ({{lang-am|የኢትዮጵያ ካቶሊክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን}}; {{lang-la|Ecclesia Catholica Aethiopica}}) and the '''Eritrean Catholic Church''' ([[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]]: ኤርትራዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን; {{lang-la|Ecclesia Catholica Erythraea}}) are [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] ''[[sui iuri(contracted; show full)ises most [[Christians]] in the the Ethiopian and Eritrean Community. The Ethiopian and Eritrean Catholic Churches follow the [[Alexandrian Rite]] used by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]], and the [[Coptic Catholic Church]]. As its liturgical language it employs [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]], a [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] language that fell out of daily use several centuries ago.
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