A gold-robed deacon stood in front of a makeshift altar at the shadowy heart of the nave, clutching a staff as he led the mournful chanting. Surrounding him was a cluster of white-shawled priests, ...
Kiya Gezahegne joined an unruly, jostling throng surrounding a priest who wielded a 12th-century gold and bronze cross, one of the most sacred artefacts in Ethiopia. A young man shut his eyes and ...
Addis Ababa, 5 November 2018: The Director of UNESCO Liaison Office to AU and UN ECA, and Representative to Ethiopia, Ms Ana Elisa Santana Afonso met with a delegation of the Orthodox Tewahido Church ...
A great number of Ge'ez manuscripts were produced from the second half of the nineteenth century up until the 1930s, a period of consolidation of power within Ethiopia. Dagne has made a survey of ...
We conclude this week a brief Biographical Dictionary of some of the better-known Ethiopian Artists of the past. FERE TSEYON was an Ethiopian artist who lived during the reign of Emperor Zar'a Ya'qob ...