With backing from Latter-day Saint leaders and local donors, a once-crowded congregation opens a church built on interfaith ...

Synagogues and Hebrew schools in the United States looking to help their communities celebrate Sigd, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday, have gotten a helping hand this year, thanks to Sigal Kanotopsky.

No religion, no politics, just community: How refugees learn to celebrate Thanksgiving 'We bring people all together, and this magic happens when people are around food that all of a sudden they ...

Religion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in churches and mosques, in clothing, and in public rituals. The country’s main religious communities are Orthodox Christians, Muslims and ...

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 ...

“Ethiopia’s Interreligious consistence is model. We have seen this to major religions in the continent. The first Muslim community were saved and protected as refugees in Ethiopia.

For years, the 50th day after Yom Kippur has been marked by the pilgrimage of hundreds of Ethiopian Jews dressed in white and carrying colorful umbrellas to Jerusalem to celebrate Sigd.

The highlands of northern Ethiopia are renowned for its magnificent early Christian churches carved out of volcanic rock, such as the Tomb of Adam, in Lalibela.

Religion; Rare Ethiopian Beta Israel Sacred Texts to be Released Online by National Library of Israel. By. Hana Levi Julian - 8 Tishri 5785 – October 10, 2024. 0. Share on Facebook.

Boone said Solomon might have become infatuated with the Queen of Sheba because he had 300 wives and 700 concubines, many of whom were foreign and eventually corrupted his religion and offended God.

A worshipper holds a prayer staff during a service at Re’ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, April 5, 2025.