In memoriam Abune Antonios

It is with sadness that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned of the death of Abune Antonios, former Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, on 9 February 2022.

Born in 1927, Abune Antonios was ordained as Bishop of Asmara in 1994 and, following the death of Abune Yacob, elected as the third Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 2004.

Requiescat in pace.