Short Version Ordination of HH Abune Antonios

ጉባኤ ቅዱስ ሲኖዶስ ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ዕረፍቲ ብፁእ ወቅዱስ ኣቡነ ያእቆብ፡ ብዓቃቤ መንበርነት ክሰርሑ መዲብዎም ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ፡ የካቲት 23, 1996 ዓ.ም.ግ (የካትት 3 2004 ዓ.ም.ፈ.) ኣበ ምኔታት ገዳማተ ኤርትራ፡ ሓለፍቲ ቤት ጽሕፈት ቤተ ክህነት፡ ምእመናንን ተኣኪቦም ንምርጫ ካብ ዝቐረቡ ጳጳሳት ብዝለዓለ ድምጺ ንብፁእ ወቅዱስ ኣቡነ እንጦንዮስ ፓትርያርክ ክኾኑ መረጽዎም።


በዚ መሠረት ሚያዝያ 17 1996 (ሚያዝያ 25 2004 ዓ.ም.ፈ.) ብፁእ ወቅዱስ ኣቡነ ሺኖዳ፡ ምስ ሰዓብቶም ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት፡ ሰበ ሥልጣን መንግስቲ፡ መራሕቲ ዝተፈላለያ ሃይማኖታት፡ ኣብ ዝተሳተፍዎ ኣብ ርእሰ ኣድባራት ደብረጽዮን ቅድስት ማርያም፡ ፓትርያርክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኤርትራ ኮይኖም ክሰርሑ፡ ኣብ ሕዝቦም ብሕዝቦም ይደልዎ (ይግብኦ) ተባሂሎም፡ ብጳጳሳትን ሊቃነ ጳጳሳትን ኤርትራ፡ ብፁእ ወቅዱስ ኣቡነ ሲኖዳ ኣብ ዝተረኽቡሉ ስርዓተ ተቐብኦ ተፈጸመ።
His holiness Abune Antonios, third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church was ordained on Sunday April 25, 2004. The ceremony took place in Asmara, Eritrea, at St. Mary Church.
H. H. Shenouda III. Pope of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church along with the Holy Synod of the Eritrean Orthodox Church led the ordination ceremony. Also present at the ordination were thousands of congregators, government officials, diplomats, representatives from dioceses of the Eritrean churches, clergy, monasteries' abbots and delegates from the Holly Synod of the Egyptian Orthodox Church.

The deligates from the Holly Synod of the Egyptian Orthodox Church that consists of seven bishops and two priests arrived in Asmara earlier this week to attend the ordination of Abune Antonios.

As you might remember, His holiness Abune Antonios has been serving as the acting Archbishop of the church since the departure of the Second Patriarch, His Holiness Abune Yacob, on December 1 2003.
His election followed on March 4, 2004 in the presence of representatives of the Eritrean churches, clergy, monasteries' abbots and the Holly Synod of the Egyptian Orthodox Church.

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