Entoto Maryam Church is an Ethiopian Orthodox church located on Mount Entoto, Addis Ababa.
Octagonal in shape, it was built by Emperor Menelik II in 1882 when the imperial seat was still in Entoto, before being moved to Addis Ababa. The church is located near the Imperial Palace. It is known to have been the place where Menelik II was crowned King of Kings by Abune Matias on November 3, 1889, after the death of Emperor Yohannes IV. The ceremony took place behind the church.
Some priests created a controversy by claiming that they could cure AIDS with the holy water of the church. The sick were then asked to choose between the treatment of drugs and that of holy water. In May 2007, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church announced that mixing the two treatments was now authorized.
Sources: Entoto Mariam - Wikipédia, Mount Entoto - Wikipedia