Today, on November 10, at around 3:00 in the morning, in Oromia Region, Arsi Zone, Aseko Woreda, Tule Biyo Kebele, in the Taleta area three Orthodox Christian believers who were threshing grain in the field were brutally shot and killed. The killings have not stopped even today.
URGENT JUSTICE & PROTECTION:
ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS UNDER ATTACK
We are sounding the alarm for our EOCs in the Arici area, who are enduring repeated and brutal killings. This systematic violence, amounting to massacres, is an affront to human dignity and religious freedom
🚨 Disturbing report from Arsi, Oromia:
Out of 37 churches, more than 16 are no longer in service, 3 have been completely looted In some areas, the Christian community has completely disappeared.
This requires urgent attention and protection of Christians.
#EOTCUnderAttack
URGENT JUSTICE & PROTECTION:
ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS UNDER ATTACK
We are sounding the alarm for our EOCs in the Arici area, who are enduring repeated and brutal killings. This systematic violence, amounting to massacres, is an affront to human dignity and religious freedom
#Ethiopia: Tamrat Awgachew, a 4-year-old Christian boy and the sole survivor of his family, lost everyone he loved in the recent Orthodox massacre in East Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. His right leg was amputated after being severely damaged by gunfire from Oromo extremists.
His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Patriarch of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, calls on world leaders and religious leaders for unity and peace to end violence, #Christian_persecution, and killings in #Ethiopia, #Nigeria, and other parts of the world.
The persecution of Orthodox Christians in Arsi, Oromia, Ethiopia is not an isolated tragedy it has become a pattern of terror. For years, innocent believers have been killed, churches burned, and families displaced. #StopKillingChristians#Orthodoxunderattack#Ethiopia