The meat sampler at Birndo Bar and Restaurant in Falls Church includes kitfo, gored gored, gomen besega and tibs — a beef lover’s dream. (Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post) Among my favorite ...

In many religions and cultures, women's hair has gained great symbolic significance. Hair is associated with dignity, modesty, or holiness, according to Torstein Try, an associate professor at Ansgar ...

The rock walls that must be traversed to reach Abuna Yemata Guh (Photo: Wittmann Tours). Disagreements within Ethiopian ...

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian 20 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib The tenth and last living prophet of the Sikhs, he passed the guruship onto the Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, and the Sikh ...

an organization inspired by an Ethiopian saint. The Fellowship is focused on Racial Reconciliation as a ministry and sharing the Orthodox Christian faith with African Americans and people of color.

A tale of hunger, free meals and a serious misunderstanding about a "cross" on the wrist of the Muslim author.

The Ethiopian calendar consists of 13 months ... in a leap year), and Christmas falls on January 7, like in other Orthodox Christian traditions. This unique system means that Ethiopia’s official ...

Last Sunday was one of the most special days of my life - I had the incredible privilege of baptizing both my son and daughter. As a pastor, baptizing my own children wasn’t just part of my duty; it ...

"We were once an ignorant people, driven by our impulses," declared a Muslim envoy to an Ethiopian ruler ... gradually replaced by Christianity—whether Byzantine Orthodox or Coptic—and ...

Palestinian Christians parade through the streets ... message and performed miracles in these Jewish meeting places. Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims celebrate Easter atop the Church of the Holy ...