The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias ... troops have been fighting members of a local militia. PHOTOS: Ethiopians celebrate Christmas as natural calamities and conflict ...

Ethiopian pilgrims ... (AP Photo) Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox ...

Addis Ababa March 13/2022/ENA/ The body of the 4th Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, Abune Merkorios, has been buried at the Holy Trinity Cathedral after a half-day funerial ...

Tourists joined Ethiopians for Orthodox Christmas celebrations ... The rock-hewn monolithic church is one of 11 in the town of Lalibela, in the Amhara region, which were built as early as the 12th ...