Ethiopian priests and monks walk during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The festival celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the ...
When a crisis arises in the local Ethiopian community -- a car accident, a house fire, a teen problem -- the Rev. Berhanu Waldemariam usually hears about it from members of one of the five Ethiopian ...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants gathered at a church here recently to mourn Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq Mandefro, who spent decades launching congregations throughout the United States and ...
The Catholic bishops of Ethiopia have issued a synodality message of courage for the entire country and the diaspora, ...
AURORA — The renovated walls of the newly inaugurated Addis Kidan Evangelical Church couldn’t contain the sound of the congregation’s singing voices on Saturday, although most passers-by wouldn’t ...
It’s 4 o’clock on a Sunday morning when a trail of figures dressed in white emerges from the deep darkness. Quietly, the summoned crowd makes its way down a cluster of ancient structures as the slow ...
WASHINGTON – In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During hourslong ...
For hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants, a southeast Houston church is more than a place to worship God. Debre Selam Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church is a touch of a home half a world away, ...