Another narrative, currently gaining credence, asserts that the Ark of the Covenant found its way to Ethiopia and now resides in the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. According to this belief ...

In the Bible's Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant is linked to several miracles, such as protecting the Israelites from poisonous animals during their Exodus out of Egypt, stopping the flow of the ...

The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum ... On his return to Aksum, he took the Ark of the Covenant (also referred to as Sion) with him, a gold-covered wooden chest ...

a UNESCO-inscribed intangible cultural heritage and holds great significance for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The event features the procession of replicas of the Ark of the Covenant from ...