Oct. 6—Under the unblinking gaze of three owl-eyed icons in a mural painted at the head of the church, two rows of white-clad parishioners faced each other while singing and ringing sets of brass ...

Every January, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gather to celebrate the festival of Timket. Legit,ng compiles 5 things you should know about the festival.

WASHINGTON – In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During hourslong ...

WORCESTER — Sounds of prayer, song, and music echoed through a Vernon Street church Sunday, as more than 1,000 worshipers celebrated the Epiphany — and the spiritual strength of the region’s deeply ...

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 Great ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced persistent conflict in recent years. Ethiopians ...

For nine years, Father Fisehatision of the St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Utah said he would cry every Sunday because of the conditions in which he and his fellow churchgoers had to ...

A bonfire on the beach at Cascade Lake in Rochester marks the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Ethiopian Orthodox Christians mark in September the finding of the cross used ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, ...