Word: abuna
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. The Abuna Abraham, 77, blind Patriarch of the "Independent National Church of Ethiopia" (Coptic), who was appointed in 1937 by the Italians when the Abuna Cyril fled to Egypt and started a schism between the Ethiopian and Egyptian Coptic Churches; in Addis Ababa...
...days later in 8,000-ft. high Addis Ababa, the birth of a son to Italy's Crown Prince (TIME, Feb. 22) brought out the Viceroy and his glittering entourage, accompanied by Ethiopia's native Archbishop or Abuna who long ago turned from Haile Selassie to Vittorio Emanuele III. Just as gifts were being handed to the populace, up from the milling, shouting, scrambling mob flew a flock of hand grenades left over from the War. Ethiopia's Archbishop in his flowing robes shared in the worst of the blast, received ghastly wounds. General Aurelio Liotta, Chief...
Nearest Italian bombs of the week thundered in the countryside a good 100 miles from Addis Ababa, but native morale was at lowest ebb thus far. The Most Reverend Kyrillos, Abuna of Ethiopia's Coptic Christian Church, hailed the peace deal proposed by Britain & France as "Words of God." To the Abuna the great feature of The Deal was one scarcely noticed out-side Ethiopia but showing the grasp of native mentality applied by Mr. Maurice Drummond Peterson, technical expert of Britain's Foreign Office, in concocting The Deal. It provides that Italy must evacuate, surrender and restore...
...Addis Ababa two Sundays ago the Abuna, "Father of Peace" to the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, donned a black cassock, long cape and purple cap. As nominal head of the Church, Emperor Haile Selassie arose early, stepped into his automobile which took him up a hill to the octagonal, ornate Cathedral of St. Ghiorghis. He took off his wing-tipped sport shoes, padded into the gold-veiled sanctuary. Empress Waizeru Menen, who dearly loves the Christian solace of confession, and 70 plump brown Ethiopian ladies entered the Cathedral by another door. In concentric circles according to rank squatted court functionaries...
Finally Haile Selassie moved to the west side of the Cathedral, his wife to the south, the bearded Abuna to the east, the Etchagué (assistant) to the north. Before four ikons they prayed aloud for world peace. Then the Abuna prayed God in Arabic to "break arms and quench the fire of war," to know that Ethiopia is thankful for the sympathy extended by other peace-loving nations. Haile Selassie approached the Abuna, kissed the prelate's silver cross draped in silk. The bearded Emperor put on his shoes, walked out among his subjects, drove back...