is challenging their claim, presenting the possibility that Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea) was the first Christian nation. To be sure, the book doesn't conclusively assert that ...

DE SAM LAZARO: Getachew Haile, a religion historian now in Minnesota, says there’s no evidence of any trail linking Ethiopia directly with ancient Israel. GETACHEW HAILE: We have Greek ...

A near-universal proportion of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians say religion is ‘very important’ in their lives Ethiopian Orthodox Christians are considerably more religiously observant than Orthodox ...

University of Florida Religion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in churches and mosques, in clothing, and in public rituals. The country’s main religious communities are Orthodox ...

How did an Ethiopian community nonprofit come to help ... "It's the one place where we're not going to talk about religion, we're not going to talk about politics, we're not going to talk about ...

WASHINGTON — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During ...

(JTA) — Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking to help their communities celebrate Sigd, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday, have gotten a helping hand this year, thanks to Sigal ...

The Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia hosted a conference to promote interfaith unity, peace, and sustainable development across Africa, setting an example for peaceful coexistence. The council ...

(JTA) — For years, the 50th day after Yom Kippur has been marked by the pilgrimage of hundreds of Ethiopian Jews dressed in white and carrying colorful umbrellas to Jerusalem to celebrate Sigd.

“The teacher responded that we had no leaders outside the Ethiopian Christian ones. After this, the other [Christian] students began teasing me about not having a history,” he recounts.

DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one of the oldest Christian faiths in Africa. There’s keen interest in preserving Ge’ez, and other traditions of the faith ...