1. Axum
(Cities/Axum)

...nuary 7 and 19, respectively) when visitors will enjoy the colorful costumes and ornaments of the Ethiopian Orthodox priests and deacons. The main hotel, a tourist-class lodge, is the Yeha Hotel, wh...

2. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

...uage of the Axumite Empire is no longer spoken, but it is still used in religious services in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and in teaching qene (Ge'ez poetry) in the traditional church schools. ...

3. Semitic
(Ethnic diversity/Ethnic diversity)

...ze, and sorghum. Both groups share the legacy of ancient Axum and are mainly practitioners of the Ethiopian Orthodox Monophysite faith. The Gurage, the most southerly of the Semitic groups, practice...

4. Clothing: Christians
(Culture/Costumes)

...rellas. Within christianity, traditional costumes are most elaborate and colorful in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Whether on holidays or everyday liturgical rites, priests wear (depending o...

5. Orthodox
(Religion/Religion)

The Ethiopia Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.

6. Churches in Tana Lake
(History/Heritage)

...lakes of Ethiopia with historical significance, especially in relation to the preservation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's documents and relics (the other one being Lake Ziway in the Rift Valley, w...

7. Gondar
(History/Heritage)

...Itchege, a round structure once occupied by the Itchege, the second most powerful official of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. There are also other Gondarine structures outside of the town, the most i...

8. Axum
(History/Heritage)

...thirty-three meters (108 feet) and weighing about 500 tons. The adherents of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian faith make yearly pilgrimages on Hidar 21 (November 30) to the famous Chu...

9. Lalibela
(History/Ancient)

..., the Ethiopian church was showing the effects of long centuries of isolation from the larger Christian and Orthodox worlds. After the seventh century, when Egypt succumbed to the Arab conquest, the h...

10. Legend
(History/Ancient)

...rst entered Ethiopia and settled there. A much later legend, with a strong hold in the minds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians is that of the Queen of Sheba, who went to Jerusalem around 1000 BC to v...

11. Religion
(Category Blog)

... Ezana of Aksum in the 4th Century, Christianity was spread in northern parts of the country. The Ethiopian Orthodox church traces its roots back to this period. Islam is said to have been introduced ...