ICFC has learned that since the Eritrean Government revoked the exemption of all Orthodox clergy (priests, deacons and monks) from military service and ordered their conscription in July 2005, over 1400 known Orthodox priests and deacons have been forced into the military.
ICFC has learned that since the Eritrean Government revoked the exemption of all Orthodox clergy (priests, deacons and monks) from military service and ordered their conscription in July 2005, over 1400 known Orthodox priests and deacons have been forced into the military.
Politics, rather than religious freedom, was the main focus of a recent meeting between the head of an ecumenical church body and the Eritrean president – at least on the surface.
Politics, rather than religious freedom, was the main focus of a recent meeting between the head of an ecumenical church body and the Eritrean president – at least on the surface.