Catholic bishops in Ethiopia expressed deep sorrow and solidarity after the collapse of wooden scaffolding in an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the north of the country that left at least 36 people dead ...

Las Vegas residents were left outraged as congregants at an Ethiopian orthodox church continue to illegally park their vehicles on lawns and driveways. Neighbors of the Hamere Noah Kidane Mihret and ...

Church forests, patches of forested land surrounding churches as protected areas, started out as a tradition in the early days of Christianity in Ethiopia and still endure today. Many of these forests ...

On September 11, Ethiopians will celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. However, when the East African country rings in its New Year in a few months, it will technically be 2017, ...

Nationalism sparked by simmering ethnic strife – rooted in conflict between disparate ethnic groups and triggered by language, influence and resources – is tearing Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church apart. A ...

A sacred Ethiopian tablet looted at the height of empire could be returned to Africa after being held for years in Westminster Abbey. The Abbey has previously taken a hard line on the future of the ...

Celebrations have been taking place in Ethiopia's historic holy city of Gondar for the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival of Timket. The celebration, which marks the baptism of Jesus in the River ...

As most of D.C. slept early Sunday morning, incense clouded the massive hall at an Ethiopian cathedral in Northeast Washington, and hundreds of parishioners dressed in white chanted to a rhythmic ...

The Ethiopian army on Thursday regained control of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site, following a pullout by a regional armed group whose fighters had overrun much of the historic town a day ...

Chair of the Department of Religion and Professor at the Department of Religion and the Center for African Studies, University of Florida Religion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in ...

A sacred tablet seized by British troops at the 1868 battle of Maqdala, in Ethiopia, was finally returned yesterday (24 September) in a moving service at a London church. Known as tabots, the holy ...