Though their prayers came from the depths of a church basement, God heard the appeals for a new place of worship. The congregation of St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church had been worshipping in the ...
But the faithful of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church say there's no mystery really. The churches of Lalibela were built by angels. The northern highlands of Ethiopia rose 31 million years ago when ...
A number of Ethiopian, Egyptian, Syrian, Balkan, and Palestinian icons are vivid reminders of other traditions that have flourished throughout the far-flung but interconnected Orthodox world while ...
Tourists joined Ethiopians for Orthodox Christmas celebrations at one of the world's oldest churches on Tuesday. The rock-hewn monolithic church is one of 11 in the town of Lalibela, in the Amhara ...