- Original Protocol between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Church
- ቀኖናዊ ውዕል ኣብያተ ክርስትያን ግብጽን ኤርትራን ትግርኛ
- Photos during the protocol signing
Re-typed protocol
INTRODUCTION
The two Churches are linked by very intimate relations since the early Centuries of Christianity, as both are sons of Saint Mark the Apostle. Such link was realized when Saint Athanasius, the Apostolic, the 20th Pope of Alexandria, consecrated Fromentious in the year 329 A.D to be the first bishop of Eritrea and Ethiopia, on the request of the two Christian kings Abraha and Atsbeha. He was given the name of Abba Salama and started his bishopric when he arrived first in Eritrea in the Year 330A.D., and is venerated as a Saint.
