Posted on 06/26/2009 5:36:37 PM PDT by VRWCTexan
The leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church today backed off on a much-anticipated announcement about the Ark of the Covenant -- the ancient container holding the Ten Commandment -- which he claims to have seen.
But no other evidence or, indeed, even any announcement, was made public today when word had been expected.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
It would appear that “Abuna Pauolos” “the leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church” has some history:
“The gun-toting Aba Gebremedhin was named “patriarch” in 1991 only because he is a loyal Woyanne tribal cadre. He has no qualification and no moral standing to become a patriarch of the EOTC.
After he was named patriarch by the Woyanne regime, he built a huge palace for himself in Addis Ababa while ancient Ethiopian churches fall apart due to neglect. Extremely rare church manuscripts have also started to be sold to tourists by other Woyanne cadres he brought with him. Such national treasurers as the cross that belonged to Abune Petros, who was gunned down by Fascist Italian forces for refusing to cooperate, were handed out to Qes Zebene and other friends of Aba Diabilos as gifts and wedding presents for being loyal agents.
Aba Diabilos travels with an army of bodyguards in armored vehicles. A short time after he took over the EOTC, one of his bodyguards shot dead an unarmed monk, Bahitawi FekadeSelassie, right in front of him. The Bahitawi was trying to deliver a complaint letter when he was gunned down in cold blood.”
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/9697
The Weekly World Net Daily News says Batboy will unveil the Ark of the Covenant in Antarctica next week.
SURPRISE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds Nigerian to me. Of course, Kenyans are taking the spotlight for being lying SOBs lately.
They should have opened it at the White House so it could suck up Obama and the rest of the evil Rats’.
...by comparing it with World Net Daily.
Bwahaha. It’s almost as good as the Michelle tapes from API.
Another Whoraldo moment....
Here you are, for the latest...
Did he Coptic out?
No, WND, they didn’t cop out. You got it wrong.
There some fairly persuasive evidence that the Ark of the Covenant may be in Ethiopia.
I’m not sure how much credit I’d give that article in Ethiopian Review. The internet is flaky here, so I can’t follow the link. But the review may not be trustworthy.
There’s a good article on this question in Crisis Magazine. It appeared some time ago and may be found here:
http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6314&Itemid=48
It’s worth a read.
-PJ
That’s it Salgak! Who would want to bring out the Ark of the Covenant and have THAT happen?!?! Is this sorta like Geraldo Rivera’s “closet”?
God is not mocked Ethiopia, are you becoming “merchandise”? There’s a Biblical warning about that...
WTH is up with World Net Daily????? There was no announcement today because this story is a week old....the press conference was last Friday, and the statements from the Patriarch are from that press conference.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2279094/posts?page=107#107
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