Ethiopian priests and monks walk during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The festival celebrates the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River. During Timkat, the Tabot, a model of the ...

It’s 4 o’clock on a Sunday morning when a trail of figures dressed in white emerges from the deep darkness. Quietly, the summoned crowd makes its way down a cluster of ancient structures as the slow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Bet Medhane Alem rock church is seen in Lalibela ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have ...

From all corners of a nation they come, often walking for hundreds of miles barefoot: Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on a once-in-a-lifetime journey. Their destination is Lalibela in the north of ...

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978 – Copyright AFP Louisa GOULIAMAKI Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit region of ...

Lalibela, in Ethiopia, should be high on anyone’s list of contenders for the title of most astonishing site in the history of Christian art and architecture. Imagine coming over a hill and seeing what ...

Fighting in Ethiopia’s civil war is now spreading across the north of the country, with the Afar and Amhara regions seeing sustained fighting. READ MORE Tigray conflict divides Ethiopian diaspora, ...

It’s 4 o’clock on a Sunday morning when a trail of figures dressed in white emerges from the deep darkness. Quietly, the summoned crowd makes its way down a cluster of ancient structures as the slow ...

From all corners of a nation they come, often walking for hundreds of miles barefoot: Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on a once-in-a-lifetime journey. Their destination is Lalibela in the north of ...

This is a photo series from photographer, Darren Ornitz. He is based out of Brooklyn, NY and working as a freelancer for Reuters, his work has been published in the New York Times, Travel + Escape, ...