{"id":23824,"date":"2026-01-16T17:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=23824"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:10:00","slug":"ethiopia-sign-of-hope-bahir-dar-dessie-eparchy-celebrates-decade-amid-amhara-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/ethiopia-sign-of-hope-bahir-dar-dessie-eparchy-celebrates-decade-amid-amhara-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"ETHIOPIA: &#8216;Sign of Hope&#8217;: Bahir Dar\u2013Dessie Eparchy Celebrates Decade Amid Amhara Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Habtamu Abrdew Beture<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos of Bahir Dar\u2013Dessie Eparchy, in Ethiopia, has announced its 10th-anniversary celebrations, a milestone marked by both spiritual reflection and a call for solidarity as the Amhara region continues to grapple with devastating conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the upcoming celebration will be the\u00a0laying of the foundation stone for the new and first Cathedral, which the bishop has described as a &#8220;sign of a new era of grace&#8221; for the Eparchy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the foundation stone will be laid during the 10th-anniversary celebration, the construction of the Cathedral is a long-term project that will require ongoing support long after the festivities end, the Bishop stated, acknowledging the logistical challenges of building such a structure during a period of regional unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary comes at a sombre time for the region. The Amhara region is currently embroiled in a persistent war that has disrupted daily life, displaced thousands, and created a dire humanitarian situation. Despite the surrounding instability, church leaders are framing the anniversary as a testament to resilience and &#8220;God&#8217;s saving work&#8221; with both growth and severe trials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habtamu Abrdew Beture Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos of Bahir Dar\u2013Dessie Eparchy, in Ethiopia, has announced its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-ethiopia","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23825,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23824\/revisions\/23825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}