The gold-coated ark adorned with a gold wreath once resided in the First Temple until the Babylonian army's destruction in 587 BC. While records don't mention its fate, it's improbable that such a ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum circa 330 AD with King ... On his return to Aksum, he took the Ark of the Covenant (also referred to as Sion) with him, a ...
For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant ... Our Lady Mary of Zion Church.
Foreigners who attended the mesmerizing Ethiopia's Ketera ceremony at Jan Meda on Saturday were deeply impressed by the massive turnout, the unique blend of religious devotion and cultural ...
Carved in stone: the extraordinary 12th Century Church of St George at Lalibela. Part of a World Heritage site, it took more than 20 years to carve this church out of the mountainside. Frank ...