Ethiopian Orthodox followers have lots of homework and house clearing to do. The main problem of the Ethiopian Orthodox church is that, most of the top leadership that were appointed during Paulos and Mathias times are selected for their Ethnic affiliation to the ruling party of the time. We members of the great Ethiopian holy church, have to force the Orthodox church leadership to reform. All those who were appointed for their cadre behavior have to be removed. The churches should become houses of prayers. No shops should be present inside the compound. The only shop that should be allowed inside the church compound should be the one that sells holy items, and for that one is enough. The churches should be the houses of prayer.
please study the history of the church and the first 1000 years of Christianity before protestantism even existed. If you prefer to hear American people telling you this themselves then go and see the channel by Jay Dyer. Orthodoxy is the real truth. This world is filled now with lies, and protestantism is the religion of this world. (Promises of money, rejecting the heavenly reality of the saints, believing there will be a heavenly kingdom on the earth, etc...). This is all the template for the religion of the ANTI Christ ("one IN PLACE OF christ"). That is what protestantism is, and where it is leading for the generation of your children. Without knowing it, you are all fulfilling the prophecies in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-15. By departing from the truth held by your fathers. Pay attention to the warning of St. Paul of "another Christ" in 2 Corinthians 11:4-15. It speaks of a false spirit which masquerades exactly like a new light. You are following the false light which is about to lead the world into 666. This will only succeed for the dark forces running this world because they masquerade under the existing banner of a fake version of "new" world christianity which now exists in this penultimate generation. The earliest iterations of all the churches you now follow like the pentecostal and so-called evangelical etc... were all funded by elitists such as Rockefeller who needed a FAKE version of Christianity to exist before they can push with their final plan which is unfolding now. These are the ones about to lead you to this final world system with a false christ. Most of the people who are protestant (especially the modern pentacostals) will believe this person is Jesus because they have no foundation to recognise it is actually the disguise of the system of the beast. They reject the true faith of all the fathers who warned about this. Matt. 7:13-23, and in their rebellion (protest) accept the replacement of the deceiver (Revelation 13:3-8). If God puts it in your heart to wake up then you will see the lie. As a brother all I can do is advise you please repent, this is the time to do it. You are in gross error, and time is running out. Seek the truth. If you have any questions feel free to ask me and I will try to refer you to sources or people who can answer for you. I was once like you, a protestant because I was born to protestant parents, one of the first ones in Ethiopia. I studied the Church in a lot of depth and was very shocked to find that really what they left behind (and what you are all now leaving behind in greater numbers to fulfill the prophecies in the Bible of "a great falling away"), actually turned out to be the truth. May God help all you people.