Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced ...

Ethiopia is one of the first countries in the world to adopt Christianity as a religion ... This is due to the fact that Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church uses the ‘Julian Calendar’ for ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

Ethiopia, one of the only countries that use the ‘Ge’ez calendar’ meaning that they are 7 to 8 years behind England, which uses ...

The object unites three continents in the Christian faith ... The triptych of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was 'rescued' by Percy Powell-Cotton on one of his two trips to Abyssinia.

Lalibela, home to famed rock-hewn churches and the ancient city revered as the Camelot of Gena (Ethiopian Christmas) is ...

Ethiopians follow the ancient Julian calendar, and like many other Orthodox Christians they celebrate Christmas on 7 January (or according to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the 29th day of Tahsas).