Meskel Square - Wikipedia
WEBMeskel Square (Amharic: መስቀል አደባባይ, romanized: mesik’el ādebabay, lit. 'Cross Square') is a public square in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is often a site for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gatherings or for demonstrations and festivals, notably, the Meskel Festival from which it takes its name. [citation needed]
Meskel in Ethiopia: Festival fires burn bright despite downpour
WEB2 days ago — Ethiopia festival fires burn bright despite downpour. Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the ...
What is Meskel? And how is it celebrated? - Roots Ethiopia
WEBSep 11, 2023 — Meskel: Ethiopia’s Festival of the True Cross. Meskel, also known as “Finding of the True Cross,” is a colorful and vibrant holiday celebrated in Ethiopia. This ancient festival holds deep religious significance for Christians in Ethiopia.
Fire, smoke and colour as Ethiopians mark Meskel - BBC
WEBSep 27, 2021 — Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, celebrating the Meskel festival, came together in the capital, Addis Ababa, after most of the faithful skipped last year's festivities due to the pandemic.
Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious ...
WEB3 days ago — A larger celebration of Meskel is expected Friday in Gurage Zone in Ethiopia’s south, where Meskel has long held particular significance. The Gurage Zone administration said it expects hundreds of thousands of tourists to travel there. Everton Gordon, a Jamaican-Canadian who has previously celebrated Meskel in …
Meskel - Wikipedia
WEBMeskel (Ge'ez: መስቀል, romanized: Mesk’el) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century.
Revisit: Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The …
WEBAug 15, 2024 — Inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage site in 2013, Meskel continues to be celebrated in Meskel Square in the presence of thousands of orthodox believers, as well as church leaders, government officials, dignitaries and tourists.
Ethiopia's Meskel festival: Bonfires, robes and crosses - BBC
WEBSep 27, 2018 — Ethiopians are celebrating the annual Meskel festival, the first big festival of the Ethiopian religious year. According to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition, the national holiday marks the...
In a divided Ethiopia, the Orthodox mark Meskel celebration - France 24
WEBSep 27, 2023 — Orthodox Ethiopians on Wednesday marked the beginning of Meskel, one of the holiest celebrations in the Christian tradition followed in this devout nation riven by ethnic and political violence.
Meskel - Brilliant Ethiopia
WEBMeskel is a festival in celebration of Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, finding the true cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Mirrored in many ways by Ash Wednesday in the west, the festival competes for top billing and is considered the most important festival for the laity and ordained alike. Excellent.
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