Basilos
{{Short description|Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church}}
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| birth_date = 28 December 1954
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Abune Basilos (born 1954) is the sixth and current patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
Ecclesiastical career
Basilos was born in 1954 at the territory of present-day Eritrea. He was tonsured as monk in the young age and was ordained a hierodeacon and soon after a hieromonk. In 2005 he was consecrated a bishop and in 2021 elevated in the rank of archbishop. Before his patriarchal's election, he served as administrator of the Eritrean Church.{{Cite web|title=Делегация Московского Патриархата приняла участие в торжествах в честь интронизации нового Предстоятеля Эритрейской Церкви|url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/6194805.html|date=2025-01-29|access-date=2025-01-29|website=patriarchia.ru|language=ru}}
Prior to the election of Basilos, the position of patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been left vacant since the death of Abune Qerlos in 2022.{{Cite web|title=His Holiness Abune Qerlos passes away|url=https://shabait.com/2022/12/03/his-holiness-abune-qerlos-passes-away/|date=2022-12-03|access-date=2024-12-24|website=Ministry of Information of Eritrea|language=en-US}} On 10 December 2024, Basilos was elected Patriarch of Eritrea. His ordination and enthronement as patriarch took place on 26 January 2025.{{Cite web|title=His Holiness Abune Basilos Elected as 6th Patriarch|url=https://shabait.com/2024/12/10/his-holiness-abune-baslios-elected-as-6th-patriarch/|date=2024-12-10|access-date=2024-12-24|website=Ministry of Information of Eritrea|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Metropolitan Basilios Elected as Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church|url=https://copticorthodox.church/en/2024/12/09/metropolitan-basilios-elected-as-patriarch-of-the-eritrean-orthodox-tewahedo-church/|date=2024-12-09|access-date=2024-12-24|website=Coptic Orthodox Church|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Official Consecration of His Holiness Abune Basilios|url=https://shabait.com/2025/01/26/official-consecration-of-his-holiness-abune-basilios/|date=2025-01-26|access-date=2025-01-26|website=Ministry of Information of Eritrea|language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops