About Abba
Abba Laike Mariam Mandefro,Archmandrite - Abuna Yesehaq
Abba Yesehaq
- Dean of Theological College of the Holy Trinity - Addis Ababa
- Master of Divinity - Princeton Theological Seminary
- Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy - Princeton Theological Seminary
- Master of Theology - Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
- Born July 27, 1933
- Churches Established By Abuna Yesehaq
- Los Angeles, California - Saint Tekle Haimanot Church - February 27, 1973
- St.Thomas, United States Virgin Islands - St. Gabriel Mission - January 24-27, 1985
- Toronto - Ontario, Canada - July 23, 1972
- Jamaica - West Indies, Holy Trinity Church - Headquarters, May 23, 1970
- St.Kitts - February 25, 1982
- England, London - Saint Mary of Zion, May 24,1974
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa - 1988
- Tampa, Florida - Saint Mary of Zion, July 19, 2004
Historical Archives
Defence
"....Does the name Rastafarian, applied to an individual or group, diminish that individual's or group's humanity or citizenship? For many years Rastafarians just existed; today they are seeking, with their own incentive, because of the Orthodox Church to establish themselves as citizens of Jamaica, the world, Black Men and children of GOD. ......From my own experiences with Rastafarians since my first visit to the island last year, I know them to be an honest, peace loving, God-fearing and very creative people and by their membership in an ancient Christian Church obviously do not oppose Christianity."(Abba Yesehaq)
"....It is the responsibility of the church leaders( the brothers Abba Yesehaq ordained and elevated as priests) to work in unity for the growing religious life of churches, and this must be done without trying to convert others from that which they remain attached, because such ideas bring conflicts among nations. We have seen the great fighting between the Romans and the Ethiopians. Revolt after revolt broke out, when the Roman Christians attempted to to bring the Ethiopian Christians under the Pope of Rome."(The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church And It's Activities in the West - Nation which has been the Fountainhead of Civilization, Abba L. Mandefro p.32) .