With its 900-year-old churches carved from rock, the Ethiopian town of Lalibela attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims each year.

For centuries, the origin of Lalibela’s rock-hewn churches has eluded everyone except locals, who firmly believe they were carved by angels. I have always questioned God’s existence, but in ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father ...

Women clean Bet Giyorgis (Church of St. George), which is the most popular of the 11 churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The church is carved 15 meters down into the rock, its cruciform roof at ground ...

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela - Ethiopia: The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela were constructed in the 13th century by the Christians as their new pilgrimage center and holy land.

AMBO, Ethiopia — For years, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has been one of the few institutions that helped bind this war-riven country together, unifying disparate ethnic groups around ...

Item 1 of 3 Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims wait to attend the Ethiopian Christmas Eve celebration at the St.George Rock-Hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopia January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo ...

Fasil Giorghis is an Ethiopian architect and historian who walked us through the rock of ages. Fasil Giorghis: Well, there are three groups of churches, and each group is interconnected within itself.

In this photo provided by Nicole Evatt, eleven rock-hewn churches form the Orthodox Christian holy site of Lalibela in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, photographed on Jan. 5, 2025. (Nicole Evatt via AP) ...

With its 900-year-old churches carved from rock, the Ethiopian town of Lalibela attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims each year.

With its 900-year-old churches carved from rock, the Ethiopian town of Lalibela attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims each year.