March 3, 2026

Tewoflos (B) (Meliktu Welde Mariam)

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Patriarch Tewoflos was the first patriarch ordained in Ethiopia, leading the Orthodox Church.
He served as a spiritual leader for twenty-eight years before his assassination in 1979.
Tewoflos is viewed as a martyr by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church due to his killing by the Dergue regime.
His legacy continues to impact the Orthodox community in Ethiopia and beyond.

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Patriarch Tewoflos was the second Ethiopian patriarch but the first patriarch ordained in Ethiopia. He served his country as a spiritual leader for a total of twenty-eight years, and was considered a martyr of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church after he was killed in 1979 by the Dergue regime.

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