Concerned Ethio-Americans and friends of Ethiopia CEAFE

Our values are rooted in the three-millennium historical roots of “Chewanet” decency, “yhieg amlak” the God of Law, and “gif mefrat” rooted in the fear of the God of Justice.

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Ethiopia Today

Ethnic Based Federalism

This new system of government introduced nihilism via ethnic struggle. The age-old pride of the nation of “ingeda mekebel“ “ante tibis anchi tibis “ the golden rule lost their fertile ground and gave way to ethnic cleansing and genocide. One has to be aware the very soul of Ethiopia is under attack. A religious system devoid of informing one’s worldview is a dead intellectual exercise or at best a cult. The last 45 years of an experiment of taking the country away from its traditional roots will produce a society of robots.

Ethiopia is Known For

Judaism

Even though, The Aksumite kingdom had accepted the arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, during the reign of King Ezana in 341 AD, the Ethiopian Jews known as Felashas or Beta Israel refused to accept Christianity and continued to practise their Old Testament (Jewish) faith which they still do today. The Felashas (Beta Israel or Ethiopian Jews) were concentrated in Northwest Ethiopia, mainly, in the northern province of Gonder and west of Tigray province.

Christianity

Christianity began in Ethiopia when two Syrian Christians (Frumentius and Aedissius) came to Aksum and started to tell people about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. Frumentius and Aedissius influenced King Ezana, who ruled Aksum in the early part of the fourth century, and successfully converted him to Christianity. Immediately after King Ezana converted to Christianity, he officially decreed Christianity as the main faith of his kingdom in 341 AD and ordered Frumentius to go to Alexandria where he was consecrated bishop under the name of Abba Selama by the Patriarch of Alexandria in 346 AD. Frumentius (Abba Selama) then returned to Ethiopia and became the first bishop of Ethiopia and founded the Ethiopian Church. Ethiopia became a powerful Christian kingdom and empire right up to the fifteenth century.

Islam

Islam was introduced to Ethiopia in 615 AD when the followers of Prophet Mohammed, including his wife sought refuge in Aksum. The king of Aksum welcomed them, respected their religion and offered them protection. They later settled in Negash, east of Tigray, which became the foundation and one of the most important places for the Islamic faith in Ethiopia.

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