Each year, on September 27, they commemorate the discovery of the cross (or meskel in Amharic) of Jesus by Saint Helena in Jerusalem in 326. According to tradition, a fragment of the "True Cross ...

In September, it hosts the celebration of Meskel, a big Christian holiday marking the finding of the True Cross. Mount Entoto, which rises to 3,200 metres above the city, is home to the Entoto ...

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hosted a Meskel celebration for the 14th consecutive year on Sept. 29. An annual holiday celebrated by Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, it commemorates the discovery of the True Cross of Christ in ...

In celebrations of Meskel — a word in the local Amharic language for “cross” — bonfires are burned across the country. In Meskel square Thursday, the patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox ...

Thousands of Ethiopians were gathered on Addis Ababa's Meskel square Thursday (Sep. 26). The festival celebrates the cross upon which Jesus was crucified, according to the church beliefs ...

Meskel Festival, the discovery of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified, is one of the major Ethiopian Orthodox festivals celebrated warmly and colorfully by Orthodox Christians.

(AP video: Yidnek Lemma) Religious leaders and Ethiopians celebrate Meskel, meaning the Cross in Amharic, is an annual religious holiday among Orthodox in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Sept. 26, ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of ...

She established the “Meskel Flowers” project as a way to devise ... Within it, the braided hair, the ritual of a coffee ceremony, the cross-generational laughter beneath fragrant tendrils ...