Abune Phillipos

Abune Phillipos

Infobox Abune


English name=Abune Phillipos
order=1st
term start=1998-05-07
term end=2001-09-27
birth date=1901-09-27
birth place=Endadeko, Debub
death date=2002-09-18
death place=Endadeko, Maekel
successor=Abune Yacob

Abune Phillipos was the 1st Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. He was born Tewolde Berhane and began his religious training at the Debre Bizen Monastery at the age of eleven.


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