Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን,^[1]), or simply Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the largest Oriental Orthodox Church.^[2][3][4][5]

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, the seat of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Abbreviation	EOTC
Classification	Eastern Christianity
Orientation	Oriental Orthodoxy
Scripture	Orthodox Tewahedo Bible
Theology	Miaphysitism
Polity	Episcopal
Primate	Mathias
Region	Ethiopia and Ethiopian diaspora
Language	Geʽez, Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya
Liturgy	Alexandrian
Headquarters	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Founder	Saint Frumentius according to Ethiopian Orthodox tradition
Origin	4th century Kingdom of Aksum
Branched from	Orthodox Tewahedo
Separations	American synod-in-exile (1992-2018)
Members	36 million
Other name(s)	Ethiopian Orthodox Church

It was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from 4th century until 1959.

The Church accepts the doctrine of Miaphysitism, which believes in the one person of Jesus Christ, divinity and humanity are united in one.

The Church has 500 bishops in the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.^[6]