ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with prayers for peace in the Horn of Africa nation that has faced persistent conflict in recent years.

On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came together to celebrate Christmas, donning traditional all-white garments as they participated in prayers and midnight mass to honor the ...

This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in the historic town of Lalibela to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at one of the world’s oldest and most unique churches.

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 ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on Monday celebrated Christmas with religious leaders calling the laity to pray and work for the maintenance of peace and unity. In a sermon on the Christmas Eve ...

The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fueled by ethnic ...

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo) ...

Thousands of Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Monday, attending prayers and midnight mass, draped in an all-white traditional attire to mark the birth of Jesus Christ and the end of a ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church also celebrates Christmas on 7 January. People dress in white robes and attend church services. The deacons in the photograph are holding an icon of Mary and the ...

Ethiopian, Russian Orthodox, Coptic and Syrian celebrate nativity on January 6 and 7, which is the date known as “Old Christmas Day” because this is the date that the first Christian emperor ...