However, Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians have long maintained that the ark has been held in a chapel at the Church of St. Mary of Zion in the holy northern city of Axum. The Church of St.

As the humanitarian issues escalate in the largely Orthodox north, the conflict tests evangelicals’ loyalty and theology. There’s one thing that all evangelical Christians in Ethiopia can ...

Abiy also received attention for his religious reconciliation work which included mending a split in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and bringing together Christians and Muslims. The son of a Muslim ...

Ethiopia was one of the first Christian countries in the world. Some 35 Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling", the global rights body Human Rights Watch ...

is challenging their claim, presenting the possibility that Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea) was the first Christian nation. To be sure, the book doesn't conclusively assert that ...

Concerns about rising religious persecution ratcheted up yet again after ISIS released a new video showing the executions of dozens of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Religious groups, including ...

ISIS operatives have executed two groups of prisoners, believed to be Ethiopian Christians, in Libya, according to a video released Sunday by the terror network’s ...

For example, while just 6% of Orthodox Christians in Russia say they attend church on a weekly basis, a large majority of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia (78%) say they do this. Indeed, by several ...

Islamic State militants in Libya shot and beheaded two groups of Ethiopian Christians, a video purportedly from the extremists showed Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The killings mirror ...

Addis Ababa, April 13, 2025 (ENA) -- Ethiopian Christians from various denominations united in spirit and devotion to celebrate Palm Sunday, locally known as Hosanna, with sacred rituals ...

Otherwise known as Ethiopian Christmas, the festival is celebrated yearly on Jan 7 by Coptic Christians in accordance with the ancient Julian calendar still used in Ethiopia. The Christmas season ...