On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came together to celebrate Christmas ... Isaias Seyoum, a priest at Selassie Church in Addis Ababa, shared his thoughts, saying, "Our ...

In a sermon on the Christmas Eve, Abune Mathias, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, said: "The people, particularly the youth, should work for the maintenance of peace." Ethiopian ...

The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fueled by ethnic ...

In his Christmas Eve message, Abune Mathias, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, called for peace and reconciliation. “We must come together as a nation,” he was quoted as saying ...

Ethiopian Christmas ( also known as Genna ... This is due to the fact that Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church uses the ‘Julian Calendar’ for religious celebrations . With the changes with ...

When Band Aid recorded a single to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, the supergroup famously sang: "Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" The discovery confirms that Christianity ...

In rural areas of Ethiopia, the traditional game of gena is often played at Christmas. According to Ethiopian legend ... The Greek Orthodox Church also celebrates Theophany/Epiphany on 6 January ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church also celebrates Christmas on 7 January. People dress in white robes and attend church services. The deacons in the photograph are holding an icon of Mary and the ...