In Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Orthodox faithful gathered before dawn at Menbere Tsabaot Holy Trinity Cathedral. The ceremony, led by His Holiness Abune Mathias I, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox ...

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Twentyfive archbishops have been appointed in Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State without the knowledge of the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Abune Matias, Patriarch of the Church ...

A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, in Washington ...

But Amhara is also host to Bermel Giorgis, a revered holy well attracting pilgrims who seek spiritual and physical healing. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, holy water — known as ...

DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one ... a symbolic covering of their holy liturgy. When bells tolled for Communion, congregants lined up to receive it, waiting ...

DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one of the oldest Christian faiths in Africa ... During the recent service, children’s laughter mixed with the priests’ chants as ...