Ethiopia, one of the earliest nations to embrace Christianity, continues to honour its rich religious heritage. This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in ...

Ethiopian Christmas, or Ganna ... “I will always, always remember Christmas as being a day of massacre,” she said. “I have family that we have still not heard from: In the beginning they ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for ... traditional attire to mark the end of a 43-day fasting period and the birth of Jesus ...

All Christian denominations in Ethiopia -- Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant and Seventh-Day Adventist -- celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7 although elsewhere only Orthodox Christians mark Christmas on ...

Ethiopian Orthodox have a 40 day ‘Advent Fast’ also known as ‘Tsome Gaga’s’. When fasting they refrain from eating any animal products. This fast ends on Christmas Eve (January 6th ...

Orthodox Christian churches for different cultures including Ethiopian, Eritrean, Greek, Russian, and Serbian celebrate their annual Christmas Day on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar ...

On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came ... and the conclusion of a 43-day fasting period. Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar, which places Christmas on January 7th and ...

Ethiopians follow the ancient Julian calendar, and like many other Orthodox Christians they celebrate Christmas on 7 January (or according to the Ge'ez Ethiopian calendar, the 29th day of Tahsas).

After the advent fast, nobody wants to eat vegan on Christmas Day! So much so that some people turn up their noses at the sight of vegetables. An Ethiopian spread In a mosob (woven basket), we ...