this Bible is perfect for daily reading and personal study. Amharic is the most widely spoken language in Ethiopia. It has been the language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church since the late 12th ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one of the oldest branches of Christianity ... candle lit St. Helena's Chapel and reads from a large laminated Bible written in Amharic. His large dark eyes peer beneath ...

They blanket the highlands in yellow brilliance, a living tapestry that signals the dawn of a new year: Enkutatash, the ...

Timket (The Amharic word for immersionorEpiphany) is one of the grand outdoor religious festivals celebrated among the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on the ... received on Mount Sinai as mentioned in ...

Find out more about Ethiopia's unique calendar and cultural ... When the Catholic Church amended its calculation in 500 AD, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church did not. So the new year falls on 11 ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians have been celebrating the festival of Timket, or Epiphany, which commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. In ... in the Bible that trumpets were played ...

Ethiopia. Tesfay Berhane offers a guided tour of Axum and the Queen of Sheba's Palace Listen to a mass, recorded at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Axum SPREAD OF ISLAM In the 5th and 6th ...

Somalia Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Thursday that Ethiopian forces would not be part of the upcoming African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) unless Ethiopia withdraws from a ...