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 chimes to ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia's orthodox church has elected a new leader of the influential body in the predominantly Christian nation. Abune Matias, 71, was Thursday named the 6th Patriarch of the ...

Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam was recently officially inaugurated after 14 years and US$5 billion worth of project work.

At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia. Thousands of worshippers were gathered at the Arerti Mariam church early in the ...

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 ...

For hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants, a southeast Houston church is more than a place to worship God. Debre Selam Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church is a touch of a home half a world away, ...

Eyewitness Gebreweld Tesfaye told the BBC that a sizeable number of the worshippers decided to climb onto the makeshift ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The trajectories of youth religiosity have not received much scholarly attention in anthropological studies of the Horn of Africa. The present ...

It is not uncommon for Ethiopians to lament Egypt’s centuries-long thirst for control over Ethiopia’s natural resources and spiritual values. History shows ...

Africa’s youngest head of state heals the wounds of one of its oldest churches. Ending 27 years of schism, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in their homeland and in America reunited the two feuding ...

Mohammed Girma is affiliated with British and Foreign Bible Society. Ethiopia, once again, is at a crossroads. The last four months have seen jubilation and euphoria over the change and reform that ...