ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Easter marked a special moment for Christians ...

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 ...

For Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, for instance, fasting lasts 55 days ahead of Easter instead of the 40-day Lent period in other denominations. However, Eritrean and Ethiopian ...

President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a faithful backer of the ...

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A horse wearing sunglasses gallops through the parted Red Sea. A bearded man in a kippah feasts on fruit in front of a partially submerged whale. Biblical Egyptian troops trot through the surf ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church have marked the event colorfully in the presence of holy ...

The rituals and traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo faith are cherished not just for their spiritual significance but as a cultural touchstone that binds this vibrant community, providing ...