The Ethiopian patriarch Aba Gebremedhin suspended'

Aba Gebremedhin (formerly known as Aba Paulos), the Woyanne cadre who is installed as the patriarch of Ethiopia's Orthodox Tewahdo Church, has been stripped of most of his administrative duties by the Synod, the Church's executive body, according to the Addis Ababa-based newspaper Awramba Times.

The Synod decided to take such measures against Aba Gebremedhin in an emergency meeting after he arbitrarily suspended Addis Ababa bishop Abune Samuel. [read more at Awramba