Among its enduring treasures is Ethiopia’s most famous export: Arabica coffee. We started the day at Tomoca Coffee on Wavel ...

The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fueled by ethnic ...

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).

Ethiopia also celebrates the New Year on September 11 (or September 12 in a leap year), and Christmas falls on January 7, like in other Orthodox Christian traditions. This unique system means that ...

In Ethiopia, Christmas is known as Ganna/Gena or Ledet ... the graves of loved ones while priests offer prayers. The Greek Orthodox Church also celebrates Theophany/Epiphany on 6 January with ...

and Ethiopia, and in Australia. Nik Lukich is a trustee at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Sydney and has been celebrating Christmas alongside the hundreds of millions of Orthodox ...

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 ...

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.