The heads of the Oriental Orthodox churches meet together at Addis Ababa for the first time in their modern history and resolve to act as one communion in ecumenical dialogue.
Tagged: Christian Oriental Orthodox
The Event
- Date
- 1965 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Addis Ababa; today Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Oriental Orthodox
- Key figures
- Abune Theophilos, Shenouda III (then a bishop)
Primary Sources
- Report of the Addis Ababa Conference (1965)
Secondary Sources
- Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vols. 1–5 (Chicago, 1971–1989)
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0054; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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