Millions of Ethiopian Orthodox church members on Wednesday celebrated the Demera, the eve of the discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified. Celebrations began in ...

afamain copy 39088019137405 purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Summary The Ethiopian Orthodox Church?s Tradition on the Holy Cross' is a volume that combines both ancient and ...

Meskel Festival, the discovery of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified, is one of the major Ethiopian Orthodox festivals celebrated warmly and colorfully by Orthodox Christians. According to ...

To celebrate the 25 years of Facets of Faith, I am occasionally running updates of older columns this year. This week’s piece originally ran Sept. 14, 2018. Late September hosts a major holiday for ...

For hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants, a southeast Houston church is more than a place to worship God. Debre Selam Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church is a touch of a home half a world away, ...

I was startled beyond words when I saw it: a picture of the icon of Jesus that served as a visual accompaniment to last week’s piece in this column, together with the caption under the picture. The ...