Arizona Daily Star

Rival monks keep constant watch in enduring feud over sacred site

JERUSALEM — Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at the site of what is believed to be Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on ...

A year after buying church from Messiah Lutheran, hundreds fill pews of St. Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Church for holiday and feast

Under the unblinking gaze of three owl-eyed icons in a mural painted at the head of the church, two rows of white-clad parishioners faced each other while singing and ringing sets of brass chimes to ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Ethiopian, Copt churches keep standoff at holy Christian site

Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at what many believe is the site of Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on a wooden chair ...
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Monk laid to rest in Biete Giyorgis [Saint George Church] tomb, Lalibela, Ethiopia

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Michael and Linda Doochin Collection, EEPA 2020-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution ...
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Tigre monks breaking their fast, Azbi, Ethiopia

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Marilyn Heldman photographs, EEPA 2013-013, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.