International Politics and Church along the Nile. Ordaining the First Greek Orthodox Metropolitan in Ethiopia, 1908-1910

Abstract

The history of the relations between Alexandria and Ethiopia goes back to the sources of Christianity in Africa and can by no means be exhausted by the limited scope of this essay. The relations between the Patriarchate of Alexandria and Ethiopia had passed, for centuries, from spiritual companionship to complete ignorance of each other, interrupted by few spontaneous, albeit futile, efforts to rebuild old spiritual bonds.