Abune Mathias is elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church receiving two-third of the votes cast. http://danielberhane.com/2013/02/28/biography-patriarch-abune-mathias-ethiopia-orthodox-church/ http://nazret.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/28/ethiopia-s-orthodox-church-elects-abune-matias-as-the-patriarch-of-the-church http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/world-news/detail/articolo/etiopia-ethiopia-etiopia-22764/
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