HH Patriarch Abune Mathias confers with UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence

Addis Ababa, June 2, 2023 (FBC) – Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, His Holiness Abune Mathias, Archbishop of Axum and Ichegue of the See of Saint Taklehaimanot, has conferred with UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheik Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.

Sheik Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan expressed gratitude to His Holiness Abune Mathias for visiting Abu Dhabi, describing the visiting by the Patriarch and his delegation as a good opportunity that would enhance people to people ties between UAE and Ethiopia.

His Holiness Abune Mathias, for his part, praised the Government of UAE for allotting the land for the construction of an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church building in Abu Dhabi.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to UAE, Oumer Hussien and Ambassadors of various countries attended luncheon hosted by the UAE government in honor of the Patriarch.

His Holiness Abune Mathias arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for an official ecclesiastical visit.