Church leaders made the reduction in stages, first trimming the proposed dome to 85 feet before settling on the current ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers gathered at Deir al-Sultan, the Ethiopian monks’ village on the rooftop of the ...

Thousands gathered at Meskel Square for the Demera as Abune Mathias said the Cross's message is peace, unity, forgiveness and ...

One of Christianity’s most striking celebrations brings ancient tradition, family gatherings and prayers for peace together ...

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia have gathered to celebrate Meskel, a religious holiday that commemorates the discovery of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed tightly into Washington, D.C.’s DSK Mariam Church to sing hymns in the ancient language Ge’ez, to pray, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands took part in ceremonies where the tabots were escorted by priests dressed in colorful robes while carrying ceremonial umbrellas from churches to the lakeshores ...

CROWNS, gold-trimmed capes, incense and chanting. No, it’s not a movie set or a scene from King Charles III’s coronation, but an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church wedding. Among all the wedding ...

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NAIROBI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The influential Ethiopian Orthodox Church said late on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with a breakaway synod from the Oromiya region following deadly violence that ...

NAIROBI, May 9 (Reuters) - The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church has said that atrocities amounting to genocide are being committed in Tigray, in his first comments on the conflict in the region that ...

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has condemned his own country’s rulers in a video recorded by the director of a US-based charity, saying “they want to destroy the people of Tigray” ...