Addis Ababa - More than 100 000 Ethiopian ... where three crosses used during Jesus' crucifixion and identified the holy one by a miracle. The story had it that St Helena gave pieces of the cross to ...

Armed with umbrellas, thousands of Orthodox ... (2017 in the Ethiopian calendar): “Meskel falls on a Friday, the day we fast each week to remember Christ’s suffering on the cross.

“Young Orthodox ... Ethiopia’s Meskel festival celebrates the discovery of the ‘True Cross’ On November 17, Tsegaye was among 2,000 young members of the Ethiopian Generation Jandereba ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Church followers have celebrated Demera, an annual bonfire lighting ceremony on the eve of the Meskel festival- the finding of the true cross up on which Jesus was crucified on ...

The annual Clearwater Greekfest is happening this weekend. The event is hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, which is located on Old Coachman Road. Admission and parking will be FREE!

MARY'S ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH was established on 15 Aug. 1904 by 101 ... and a 176' steeple topped by an aluminum cross. The church hall at the new site was destroyed by fire in July 1973. It was ...