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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]]{{fact
|date=February 2022}} 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''' ([[(contracted; show full)holic 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]]{{fact
|date=February 2022}} <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 iu(contracted; show full)d 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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[[Category:Christianity by country|Ethiopia and Eritrea]]