One of the country's oldest instruments, the begena was once reserved for the elite - and effectively banned during the ...

In many religions and cultures, women's hair has gained great symbolic significance. Hair is associated with dignity, modesty, or holiness, according to Torstein Try, an associate professor at Ansgar ...

Last Sunday was one of the most special days of my life - I had the incredible privilege of baptizing both my son and daughter. As a pastor, baptizing my own children wasn’t just part of my duty; it ...

A frame depicting the image of the Ethiopian Orthodox iconography of Archangel ... "When you're looking for God, you look for him in different ways, and I see the begena as God speaking in his ...

"We were once an ignorant people, driven by our impulses," declared a Muslim envoy to an Ethiopian ruler during ... by Christianity—whether Byzantine Orthodox or Coptic—and, more significantly ...

The Second World War saw more extensive use of our soldiers in the Ethiopian campaigns against ... and Christianity have witnessed revival. The orthodox aspect or traditions of these religions ...

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims celebrate Easter atop the ... and Resurrection of the Son of God will be evidence enough. Staff writer Kristin Romey covers ancient civilizations and new discoveries ...

She is a leader in the Fellowship of St. Moses the Black, an organization inspired by an Ethiopian saint. The Fellowship is focused on Racial Reconciliation as a ministry and sharing the Orthodox ...

Gangs of Oromo nationalists specifically targeted ethnic Amhara Ethiopian Orthodox Christians living in some 40 districts ... we are within our rights to pray similarly! Let us pray for God to thwart ...

Abuna Yesehaq, archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Western Hemisphere who died ... "Bob was really a good brother, a child of God, regardless of how people looked at him," Yesehaq said.