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

A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, in Washington ...

Formally known as Re’ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, it was founded in Washington ... of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, who is worshipped by most members of the ...