Compass Direct, one of the leading sources of religious persecution on the internet, is reporting that the Eritrean government has stripped the authority of the orthodox church.
Part of the article reads...
According to a letter smuggled out of the repressive East African nation from the patriarch’s office, the 78-year-old prelate was not removed from his position. But Antonios was forbidden to carry out any administrative functions or even bless his congregation.
And there was also another statement that reads...
According to an accompanying statement, the Holy Synod demanded that the patriarch be deposed over six accusations in which he was said to have been “an obstacle in the work of the Holy Christian Church.” The list of charges included his reluctance to excommunicate 3,000 members of Medhane Alem, an Orthodox Sunday School movement, and his high-level request that the government release some imprisoned Christian “traitors” from jail.
The article ends mentioning that there is also more government oppression concerning the Catholic Church in Eritrea.