Pope Philotheos of Alexandria, was the
63rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
It was during his office that a conflict between Alexandria and the
King of Axum
The kings of Axum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, from approximately 100–940 AD.S.C. Munro-Hay, ''Aksum'' (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), pp. 67f
Zenith of the Kingdom of Axum
...
that began in the time of
Cosmas III ended, helped by the efforts of
Georgios II of Makuria. Due to Georgios' successful diplomacy, Philotheos ordained a new ''
abuna
Abuna (or Abune, which is the Construct state, status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez alphabet, Ge'ez አቡነ ''abuna''/''abune'', 'our father'; Amharic language, Amharic and Tigrinya language, Tigrinya) is the honorific titl ...
'' or
metropolitan bishop,
Abuna Daniel
Abuna (or Abune, which is the status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez አቡነ ''abuna''/''abune'', 'our father'; Amharic and Tigrinya) is the honorific title used for any bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as we ...
, for the
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...
after an interregnum of many years.
[Taddesse Tamrat, ''Church and State in Ethiopia'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), pp. 40f]
References
Philetheos
11th-century Coptic Orthodox popes of Alexandria
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