Christianity in Ethiopia dates to the 1st century AD; and this long tradition makes Ethiopia unique amongst sub-Saharan African countries. Christianity in this country is divided into several groups. The largest and oldest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in Amharic: ?????? ?????? ???? ???????? Y鋓tyop'ya ortodoks t鋡ahedo b閠鋕restyan) is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959; when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa Cyril VI.

The only pre-colonial Christian church of Sub-Saharan Africa; the Ethiopian Orthodox church has a membership of slightly more than 32 million people in Ethiopia; and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodox churches. Next in size are the various Protestant congregations; who include 13.7 million Ethiopians. The largest Protestant group is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus; with about 5 million members. Roman Catholicism has been present in Ethiopia since the 16th century; and numbers 536;827 believers. In total; Christians make up about 60% of the total population of the country.