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Thousands celebrate the Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Ethiopian Orthodox faithfull take part ... (credit: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON) The Church of the Holy Sepulcher holds immense significance in Christian tradition, believed to be the site of ...
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Yes Band Aid, Ethiopians do know it's Christmas time
In 2019, a team of archaeologists in Ethiopia uncovered the oldest known Christian ... to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the ...
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Reconsidering the Historical Narratives of Christianity and Slavery in Africa
Even encountering African Christian communities, Europeans labeled local practices as heretical, justifying colonization and ...
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Christianity and the Queen of Sheba
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum circa ... during Ezana’s reign display the crescent and disk motif characteristic of pre-Christian Aksumite religious ...
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Yes Band Aid, Ethiopians do know it's Christmas time
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's celebration is known as Ganna, or Genna, and "celebrations last for weeks", said RoughGuides. "Christianity is not new for Tigrayans, we are the first, no one is ...