Basilos

Abune Basilos (born 1954) is the sixth and current Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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.

Before his patriarchal's election, he served as administrator of the Eritrean Church.

[1] 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.