But this year, everything was different. Ethiopian Christmas, or Ganna, is celebrated on Jan. 7 by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and is a special time for Ethiopians at home and in the diaspora ...

Shortly before midnight, a church leader held aloft a portrait ... where jewel-toned paintings cover the walls. Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas bears few of the hallmarks of the Christmas many ...

On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came together to celebrate Christmas ... Isaias Seyoum, a priest at Selassie Church in Addis Ababa, shared his thoughts, saying, "Our ...

It is here that many pilgrims of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church from different parts of the country travel to celebrate Christmas. The airport is particularly busy on the eve of Ethiopian Christmas ...

The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Abune Mathias, in his televised Christmas Eve message called for reconciliation and peace in a nation where conflict has been often fueled by ethnic ...

When Band Aid recorded a single to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, the supergroup famously sang: "Do they know ...

Ethiopian Christmas ( also known as Genna ... This is due to the fact that Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church uses the ‘Julian Calendar’ for religious celebrations . With the changes with ...

They celebrate Christmas on January 7—until 2100, that is, when it will move to January 8 as the calendar continues to drift. Today, Orthodox traditions differ depending on location, church ...

It now has more than 1,500 registered members, and church leaders say more than 4,000 people attend services each week. DSK Mariam is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches — one of ...