Read more: Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray ‘genocide’ | AP
In response to the patriarch’s statement, ethnic-Amhara representative of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Yosief, said the patriarch’s statements are his own and do not represent the ‘holy’ synod.
In an attempt to silence the patriarch, another religious leader from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Addis Ababa branch), Aba Woldeyesus, falsely accuses the patriarch of supporting and siding with a group which he says was designated as “terrorist” by the Ethiopian parliament.
These statements from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church did not come as a surprise to many acute observers of the church which not only gave a blessing to the joint Ethiopian and Eritrean genocidal campaign in Tigray but also kept silent as the rest of the word, including international religious institutions, were issuing statements condemning the heinous atrocities that were being committed by the joint forces in Tigray.
