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Christianity in Ethiopia Tour

 

Christianity in Ethiopia is the largest religion in the country and dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, when the King Ezana first adopted the faith. This makes Ethiopia one the first regions in the world to officially adopt Christianity. Various Christian denominations are now followed in the country. Of these, the largest and oldest is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተክርስትያን Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) an Oriental Orthodox church centered in Ethiopia. The Orthodox Tewahedo Church was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa Cyril VI. Ethiopia was the only region of Africa to survive the expansion of Islam as a Christian state.

The largest pre-colonial Christian church of Africa, the Ethiopian Church has a membership of 32 to 36 million, the majority of whom live in Ethiopia, and is thus the largest of all Oriental Orthodox churches. Next in size are the various Protestant congregations, who include 13.7 million Ethiopians. The largest Protestant group is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, with about 5 million members. Roman Catholicism has been present in Ethiopia since the nineteenth century, and numbers 536,827 believers. In total, Christians make up about 63% of the total population of the country.

  1. Addis Ababa
  2. From Addis Ababa to Aksum
  3. Kingdom of Aksum
  4. Yeha Hotel, Aksum
  5. Tombs of Kings Kaleb and Gebre Meskel
  6. Saint Elesbaan of Aksum, King of Ethiopia
  7. Stone of Ezana
  8. Northern Stelae Park, Aksum
  9. New Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion
  10. Chapel of the Tablet
  11. Ark of the Covenant
  12. Old Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion
  13. Palace of Dungur
  14. Queen of Sheba
  15. Aksum Survival Kit
  16. From Aksum to Gondar
  17. Royal Enclosure, Gondar
  18. Chancellery of Yohannes I
  19. Library of Yohannes I
  20. Castle of Emperor Fasilides
  21. Palace of Iyasu I
  22. Chapel of Emperor Fasilides
  23. Palace of Emperor Devit III
  24. Lion Cages
  25. Turkish Baths
  26. Palace of Mentewab
  27. Palace of Bakaffa
  28. Fasilides' Bath
  29. Timkat Festival
  30. From Gondar to Gorgora
  31. Church of Debre Sina, Gorgora
  32. Goha Hotel, Gondar
  33. Wolleka (Falasha Village)
  34. Church of Debre Birhan Selassie
  35. Gondar Survival Kit
  36. From Gondar to Bahir Dar
  37. Tana Hotel, Bahir Dar
  38. Blue Nile Falls
  39. Lake Tana Cruise
  40. Zege Peninsula
  41. Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery
  42. Blue Nile Bridge and Bezawit Hill
  43. Bahir Dar Survival Kit
  44. From Bahir Dar to Lalibela
  45. Lalibela
  46. House of the Saviour of the World
  47. House of Mary
  48. House of the Cross
  49. House of Golgotha and House of Angel Mikael
  50. Tomb of Adam
  51. River Jordan, Lalibela
  52. House of Abbot Libanos
  53. House of Emmanuel
  54. House of St. Mark
  55. House of Holy Bread
  56. House of the Angels Gabriel and Raphael
  57. House of Saint George
  58. Monastery of Saint Nakuto Lab
  59. Saint Nakuto Lab
  60. Coffee Ceremony in Ethiopia
  61. Roha Hotel, Lalibela
  62. Lalibela Survival Kit
  63. Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Addis Ababa
  64. National Museum of Ethiopia
  65. Addis Mercato
  66. Legehar Train Station
  67. Church of St. Mary at Mount Entoto
  68. Addis Ababa Survival Kit

Source: Christianity in Ethiopia - Wikipedia