Ezana

king of the Aksumite Kingdom from about A.D. 325 to not later than 375. During Ezana’s rule, the Aksumite Kingdom underwent major economic, political, and cultural development. Christianity began to spread in Aksum during the period.

REFERENCE

Kobishchanov, Iu. M. Aksum. Moscow, 1966.

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Two young Syrian boys, Frumentius * and his brother Aedesius, * who had arrived on a ship from Tyre, became servants in the royal court of King Ezana. * Frumentius rose to prominence within the government and constructed churches for the Roman merchants traveling through the country.

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The original church of Saint Mary of Zion was built in the fourth century during the reign of King Ezana, who converted the Aksumite kingdom to Christianity after he himself was converted by two Syrian Christian priests who told him about the life of Jesus Christ.

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The gods remained, but the superstructure of the Meroitic state was rejected, and with some violence, as the text of Ezana attests.

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In fact, the adoption of the faith by the young king Ezana and the Patriarch of Alexandria's confirmation of a Syrian as the first bishop of Aksum can probably be dated to 337/8, making Ethiopia the second country after Armenia to become a Christian nation.