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Yohannes Gebregeorgis. Yohannes Gebregeorgis is an Ethiopian businessman and the founder of Ethiopia Reads, a philanthropic organization committed to bringing literacy to the children of Ethiopia. In 2008, he was recognized as one of the "Top 10 Heroes of the Year" by CNN. [ 1] In 2011 he was awarded American Library Association Honorary ...
v. t. e. This is a list of the abunas of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna of Ethiopia is known officially as His Holiness Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot. The current Abuna, Mathias, acceded to this position on 28 February 2013.
Died. 13 October 1970. (1970-10-13) (aged 79) Buried. Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nationality. Ethiopian. Abuna Basilios (23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born first Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Ziquala, Ethiopia. Feast. 13 March R.C. Abune Gebre Menfes Kidus (Ge'ez:አቡነ ገብረ መንፈስ ቅዱስ; also familiarly called Abo; born 29 December 829 E.C. [1]) was an Egyptian Christian saint, and the founder of the monastery of Zuqualla. The fifth day of every month in the Ethiopian calendar is dedicated to this saint. [2]
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo. Tekle Giyorgis II (Ge’ez: ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ, born Wagshum Gobeze (Amharic: ዋግሹም ጎበዜ), 1836 – 21 June 1873) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the ...
Zewde Gebre-Sellassie. Dejazmatch Zewde Gebre-Sellassie (Amharic: ዘውዴ ገብረ ሥላሴ; 12 October 1926 – 15 December 2008) was an Ethiopian nobleman, historian, and former deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia. [1] He was born in the village of Galdu, in the subdistrict of Mecca, to the north-west of Addis Ababa where his father was ...
Tekle Haymanot was born in Zorare, a district in Selale which lies on the eastern edge of Shewa. He was the son of the priest Tsega Zeab (ጸጋ ዘአብ) ("Grace of God") and his wife Egzi'e Haraya ("Choice of God"), who is also known as Sarah; Tekle Haymanot was born after his parents, who had failed to have children, pledged their firstborn ...
Bogaletch "Boge" (pronounced Bo-gay) Gebre (1950s – 2 November 2019) [1] was an Ethiopian scientist and activist. In 2010, The Independent characterized her as "the woman who began the rebellion of Ethiopian women." [2] Along with her sister Fikirte Gebre, Gebre founded KMG Ethiopia, formerly called Kembatti Mentti Gezzima-Tope (Kembatta ...