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 ...

This year, thousands of worshippers attended a church service in Lalibela ... This difference in dates is one reason why Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7th, rather than December ...

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 ...