About 20 Ethiopian women worshipping at the Egyptian church banded together and began planning for a new church in 1992, Genanaw said. A 2.5-acre site was purchased the next year.

This weekend, Orthodox Christians, including many from the Ethiopian community in the D.C. area, are celebrating Fasika, or Easter, marking the end of the 55-day fast called Abiy Tsome, or the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopia’s actions, saying he ...

What the Ethiopian Orthodox have learned from the expansion of evangelicals. Preacher Yoshanis Asrat's frenzied homily pulsed over the tin shacks and mud homes of the Megenanga neighborhood in ...

APTOPIX Ethiopian Church Washington DC Church leaders chant during the hours-long service in the Ge'ez language at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ...

In the heart of Washington, D.C., the sound of ancient Ge’ez chants echoes from Re’ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, a spiritual home for thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians ...

Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science January 30, 2003 – October 5, 2003. Add to ... This exhibition focuses on the icon—an art form associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox church—and features six icons ...