At 8,000 feet, on the central plateau of Ethiopia, stand 11 churches, each carved from a single, gigantic, block of stone.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia has always held me in thrall. It is a cradle of prehistoric humankind. It embraced Christianity long before the missionaries arrived. Its people carved ...

Ethiopia was one of the earliest nations to adopt Christianity in the first half of the fourth century. Today, the country is over 67 percent Christian, embracing Ethiopian Orthodox, Pentecostal Chris ...

The Ethiopian Forest Churches are exactly what the Benedict Option should look like on a conceptual scale: it is not a fleeing from the world but a conserving of the good, true, and beautiful ...

3. Notes with satisfaction the success of the World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government and the European Commission in changing the design of the shelters for the churches, ...

On our recent trip to Ethiopia, Daria Braithwaite and I were blessed to start our journey with a tour of the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela. Some call them the Eighth Wonder of the world; they certain ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father ...

It is a cradle of prehistoric humankind. It embraced Christianity long before the missionaries arrived. Its people carved subterranean churches out of solid rock and built mysterious towers of stone.