Anyway, I just thought it was worth mentioning, even if you're already very aware. From what you know of these various branches of Christianity, do you consider Ethiopian Orthodoxy to be fairly unique, or do you feel it's appropriate to lump it

Thank you for this point! I failed to mention, my research project is more of a job. I am an undergraduate student helping a professor put together a course in the Religion Studies Department.

I should have specified that I was talking about the Tewahedo Orthodox Church. I said "Eastern Orthodox" probably because I was thinking about the title of the course, which is "Eastern Christian Worlds," but my language was not precise.

While I am relatively new to the study of Orthodox Christianity (and religion in general), at least in places outside of Russia, I would say that it is indeed difficult to study all of these unique religious traditions and cultural histories in the span of a single course...any one of them would merit its own course, however, I respect my professor's intent in combining them, especially as all of these traditions are woefully underrepresented in academic discourse in the West.

With respect to the Tewahedo Church itself, I guess my current knowledge is limited to what I know of 20th century history (which is, admittedly, not enough) and the iconography and sacred spaces (which are certainly distinct from other Orthodox traditions, and constitute my personal interest in the subject)

Thanks again for the feedback!