Nietzsche warned that “whoever fights monsters must take care not to become a monster,” & that those who see too much often no longer belong anywhere.This, by definition, is the curse of awareness.
For Amhara communities in Ethiopia, this truth is painfully real. After decades of state-sponsored massacres,displacement,& the denial of basic human rights, awareness has brought isolation, state demonization, demoralization, & a haunting global silence. Yet the struggle is not to mirror those who have persecuted & demonized us with brutality, but to resist with moral clarity seeking justice without losing our humanity, & truth without surrendering our dignity. We fight not because we want to kill, but because we must survive a system built to erase us.
#Amhara #Ethiopia #HumanRights #Justice
#EndGenocide
#StopEthnicViolence
#Accountability
#NeverAgain
#SilenceIsComplicity
#Dignity
As a fellow Orthodox Tewahedo Christian, I write with a heavy heart over the suffering of our brothers and sisters in the Arsi and East Arsi Zones of Oromia region, Ethiopia. In recent years and months, Orthodox Christians have been killed in their homes, in markets, and even inside churches during worship — among them a parish priest and a hermit monk of Asebot Holy Trinity Monastery. The century-old St. Gabriel Church of Telata Chefa was burned to the ground, and hundreds of families have been displaced, sheltering in a distant churches and community houses for safety.
The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has repeatedly appealed for protection — yet the violence continues.
I call on the wider Oriental Orthodox family and the global church community — @PopeTawadros@malankaranews@holyetchmiadzin@Oikoumene@AaccCeta — to raise their voices in solidarity and prayer for our suffering brethren in Ethiopia, and to encourage the protection of civilians and places of worship.
“If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.” (1 Cor 12:26)
🙏✝️ #PrayForEthiopia #OrthodoxUnderAttack
📆Next Wednesday, June 17, H.I.H. Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate will be the keynote speaker of our side-event in the European Parliament of #Strasbourg to speak out against the ongoing perscutions of #Ethiopians
Follow online:
https://t.co/FdZbnGpDrQ
or register quickly to attend in person: https://t.co/IOb2RcHsYT
My first trip to cover the war in Ethiopia took place in December of 2020. Over the next five trips to the country I once called home, I realized that there was actually a war occurring within a war. A violent war which continues to this day, undertaken with unrelenting violence and barbarism.
The war against the Amhara people and followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, undertaken by various violent armed groups with full backing from the Government of Ethiopia happens to be the best kept secret extermination campaign being conducted in the world.
Even though I covered the war for a major news agency the plight and suffering of victimized communities was played down, minimized and even covered up. This censorship was overseen by various powers seeking to take advantage of the country’s corrupt political elite which despise its deep cultural and religious heritage.
This inspired me to pull several highlights of my coverage together into a photo book that I felt would give audiences a glimpse of the horrors that millions have had to endure in Ethiopia. “This Was Once Your Home” is my attempt to spotlight the voices of countless survivors of genocidal massacres and forced displacement in the Amhara and Afar regions. This book encapsulates some of the pain and struggles I tried to convey in my traveling exhibition series “Tears of Wollega” but in a more accessible form.
As the world begins to wake up to the horror and torment faced by communities targeted for their ethnicity or religious beliefs in Ethiopia. Ultimately, I hope this work goes a long way to giving clarity and understanding for all those who seek peace, justice and equality for all.
https://t.co/vwdvFmJDlK
⚡️ℹ️ #UPDATE: AAA has learned that on June 7, 2026 Oromo Prosperity Party regime soldiers carried out a series of arbitrary arrests targeting academics, religious figures and youths in Gonder City.
📍 Central Gonder Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
https://t.co/HJ0yeVfWxy
Since 2025, over 1,244 civilians have been killed in Arsi and West Arsi alone. In Shirka district: 164 deaths THIS YEAR. Families executed in their homes. Churches burned. This is not “inter-communal tension.” This is ethnic-religious cleansing.
🔗 https://t.co/Q38oUvIApM
#OrthodoxUnderAttack #EOTC
10-year-old Tsadkane Serawitu was shot dead while harvesting in a farm in East Arsi, Nov 2025. He was with a deacon and another Christian. Government forces in the area failed to intervene. A child’s name, a child’s death — erased by official silence.
🔗 https://t.co/T3QFxTyGsT
#OrthodoxUnderAttack #EOTC
On Feb 26, 2026, gunmen stormed a market and a church in East Arsi, killing 20 Orthodox Christians. A priest was shot inside his own church as attackers entered shouting religious chants. Over 40 killed in the weeks that followed. The world stayed silent. Pray for the lost lives and comfort to their families.
🔗 https://t.co/GJuK8TbMKo
#OrthodoxUnderAttack #EOTC