Thousands of Ethiopians have gathered in the capital city to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the ...

Last month, the Ukrainian parliament overwhelmingly approved a proposal to ban the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and compel the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to break all ties ...

Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church sing for the crowd in ... my dad playing the kerar in church while everyone was singing mezmur (hymns), he used to accompany them. "It makes me feel ...

Around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, Brooklyn-based activist Adina Sash received a phone call she had long awaited: Malky Berkowitz, 29, a fellow Orthodox woman, had finally received a “get,” or ...

Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are ... Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year. While the world waits for ...

And I wanted to break it, to ensure that the next generation of young Ethiopian girls sees themselves represented in the world’s visual lexicon. The inspiration behind Meskel Flower comes from ...

And I wanted to break it, to ensure that the next generation of young Ethiopian girls sees themselves represented in the world’s visual lexicon. The inspiration behind Meskel Flower comes from Afewerk ...

Sunday school children perform during the Meskel Festival to commemorate the discovery of the true cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified on at the Meskel Square in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, ...

Orthdox and Catholic Churches mull joint celebration of Easter. Credit: Alex David Bald, CC2/Flickr The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have been in talks for a joint celebration of Easter starting in ...

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Tuesday it had suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea because its bank account there was frozen. The carrier's CEO Mesfin Tasew told a ...

Ethiopian Airlines has halted flights to Eritrea, citing challenging operating conditions. The suspension comes after Eritrea announced it would end all Ethiopian Airlines flights by the end of ...

The development comes a few weeks after Ethiopian Airlines announced that it had received a notice from the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority suspending all its flights from September 30 ...