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Changes in community perspectives on the roles and rules of church forests in northern Ethiopia: evidence from a panel survey of four Ethiopian Orthodox communities

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2017
Some of the only Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia today is on lands managed by followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, where for centuries priests and communities have conserved forest groves around church buildings.
Travis William Reynolds   +3 more
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Review: Church forests—the green spots of Ethiopian highlands

open access: yesAsian Journal of Forestry, 2019
Abstract. Mekonen AB, Gebreegziabher BG, Wassie WA, Tsegay BA. 2019. Review: Church forests—the green spots of Ethiopian highlands. Asian J For 3: 45-53. In the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia, native vegetation is almost restricted to church forests which are the only remnant natural forest in the region.
AMARE BITEW MEKONEN   +3 more
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Willingness to pay for church forest conservation: a case study in northwestern Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2020
Church forests provide a safe habitat for plants and animals, sources of food and traditional medicine, seed bank for native tree species, reduce soil erosion and rich in biodiversity. But the economic values of these important benefits of church forests
Birara Endalew   +2 more
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An Ethiopian Grammar Treatise (Säwasəw) in the Manuscript NLR Eth. n.s. 11 as a Textbook for the Future Metropolitan of Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2017
This article deals with a remarkable example of Ethiopian grammatical and lexicographic treatise (Säwasəw) kept in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg.
Ekaterina Gusarova
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In Search of Cura Vitae: A Theology of Healing and Hope for Ethiopia

open access: yesConspectus, 2022
This article argues that Ethiopia has seen an increase in ethnic-based atrocities and killings, creating a “society of enmity” which is in need of cura vitae, healing.
Youdit Tariku Feyessa
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A Rock-Hewn Yǝmrǝḥannä Krǝstos? An Investigation into Possible ‘Northern’ Zagwe Churches near ʿAddigrat, Tǝgray

open access: yesAethiopica, 2021
Rulers of the short-lived Zagwe dynasty have long been lauded for their role as builderkings, producing several churches in the Lalibäla complex in Lasta in addition to the nearby church of Yǝmrǝḥannä Krǝstos.
Mikael Muehlbauer
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Ewosṭateans at the Council of Florence (1441): Diplomatic Implications between Ethiopia, Europe, Jerusalem and Cairo

open access: yesAfriques, 2016
This article argues that at the Council of Florence, arguably the most important instance of European–Ethiopian diplomacy before the 16th century, the delegates representing the Ethiopian Orthodox Church were Ewosṭatean monks—schismatics, whose positions
Samantha Kelly
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St. Moses the Ethiopian or the black. Cult and representation in the middle ages [PDF]

open access: yesZograf, 2019
The paper presents extant texts narrating about St. Moses the Ethiopian or the Black written in Greek, Coptic, Ge’ez, Syrian, Arabic and Old Church Slavonic and reviews the cult of the saint connected to the Baramus Monastery in the Scetis ...
Starodubcev Tatjana
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L’expulsion du métropolite copte Yā‘ǝqob (1337-1344) par le roi ‘Amda Ṣǝyon (1314-1344) : une politique de tolérance vis-à-vis des communautés musulmanes d’Éthiopie ?

open access: yesRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2023
This contribution aims to expand the extant investigations on the confrontations that took place between the Christian king of Ethiopia ‘Amda Ṣǝyon (1314-1344), the Egyptian metropolitan Yā‘ǝqob (1337-1344) and the missionary monks from the Takla ...
Martina Ambu
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An Ethiopian “Renaissance” Queen? Mentewab as Protector of Arts and Patron of Iconography [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology
In Ethiopia, the period from the late 16th and 17th Centuries has caused a controversy because some consider this period as Ethiopia’s recovery from religious, civil conflicts as well as sectarian discord, while others including Kofi Darkwah (1975 ...
Raita Steyn
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