The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia, is where the sacred Ark of the Covenant is believed to be housed. Shutterstock / Artush. According to legend, the ark was brought to Ethiopia in ...

The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in November 2013.

Worshippers gather outside a church complex in Axum, the holiest city for Orthodox Ethiopians, June 11, 2021. (Yan Boechat/VOA) In past years, pilgrims and tourists would flock to Axum to pray ...

The Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia, where the sacred Ark of the Covenant is believed to be housed. AP Explore More At least 66 ...

In northern Ethiopia, in the Tigray region, lies Axum (also spelled Aksum), an ancient city that once stood at the heart of one of Africa’s most powerful historical kingdoms: the Kingdom of Axum.

UPDATE: Interviews conducted with witnesses and survivors by The Associated Press this week add more credence to reports of large-scale violence in Axum and around the Our Lady Mary of Zion Church ...

Some 800 people were reportedly killed during a massacre at a Christian church in Axum, Ethiopia, where worshippers believe the Ark of the Covenant is housed.. The church of St Mary of Zion became ...

From there the Ark was moved to Axum, or Aksum, a city in the north of the country. The BASE Institute claims to have spoken to a man at the church who was “The Guardian of the Ark of the ...

The Church of St. Mary of Zion, the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church, is seen in Axum, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, November 2013. Witnesses, including the church’s deacon, have ...

An elderly woman who fled to the city of Axum in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to seek safety sits with her head bandaged after being wounded during an attack on the city, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 ...