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 honour the ...

Unlike the globally recognised 25 December, Ethiopians celebrate Christmas, or Genna/Ganna as it is locally called, on 7 ...

This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in the historic town of Lalibela to celebrate Orthodox Christmas ...

Video. Thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrated Christmas on 7 January, marking the end of a 43-day fast.

Ethiopian Christmas ( also known as Genna) is celebrated on January 7th , which is also 29th of Tahas on the Ethiopian calendar, unlike the 25th of December which is usually done in other countries ...

In the northern highlands of Ethiopia stand 11 churches that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church says were built by angels ...

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 Immanuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church invites all to celebrate the Holy Feast of the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a Divine Liturgical Service on Monday [Jan 6] at 9:30 PM ...

"To say: 'Do they know it’s Christmas?’ is funny, it is insulting," says Dawit Giorgis, who in 1984 was the Ethiopian official responsible for getting the message out about what was happening ...