Tehadiso (Ge'ez: ተሃድሶ, meaning "renaissance" or "reformation")[1][2] is a group of reformed Christian movement within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church based on Evangelical Protestant theology.[3] It has church position of archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons and monks which operates in both Exiled-Synod and the Holy-Synod.[4][5]

The earliest Tehadiso church was Medhanialem Tehadiso Church founded in 1946. Headed by Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch Abune Mathias, the church holds several several traditional rites and rituals, such as the blessing of the water of life ceremony and the observance of fasting. The movement is one of the most controversial within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Mahibere Kidusan, who believed it is "heretical" and spread globalization, secularization, and ecumenism in the church.[6][7]

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  1. ↑ Bekele, Girma (2011-03-29). The In-Between People: A Reading of David Bosch through the Lens of Mission History and Contemporary Challenges In Ethiopia. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-60899-269-0.
  2. ↑ Nelson, Thomas (2015-07-14). Evangelicals Around the World: A Global Handbook for the 21st Century. Thomas Nelson. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-4016-7879-1.
  3. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL (ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDRO CHURCH OF CANADA also known as ST. MARY CATHEDRAL and MESSALE ENGEDA and ABUNE DIMETROS and HIWOT BEKELE, APPLICANTS)" (PDF). 22 December 2023. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Admin (2016-11-07). "Why Ethiopian church followers in Toronto should go to Medhane Alem Church". Borkena Ethiopian News. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ↑ Daniel, Seblewengel (2019-10-14). Perception and Identity: A Study of the Relationship between the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Evangelical Churches in Ethiopia. Langham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78368-635-3.
  6. ↑ Perception and Identity by Seblewengel Daniel (Ebook) - Read free for 30 days.
  7. ↑ Green, M. Christian (2019-05-19). Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa. AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-928314-59-2.
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