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Orthodox priest hold cross at the ancient sunken rock-hewn church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Priest reading a Bible in Bet Maryam church courtyard, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church pause at the entrance to the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi, a two hour walk from Degum on a plateau of the Gheralta Mountains east of Debretsion.The access to the church is along a narrow cleft between glaring sandstone.
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Ethiopia, Tigray Region, Gheralta Mountains, Guh. The priest at the important ancient rock-hewn of Abune Yemata can be seen at the entrance to his church half way up the stunning Guh feature in the Gheralta Mountains.
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Priest Kies Demle in Beit Merkorios church, Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia, Africa
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Priests singing during Easter Orthodox Christian religious celebrations in the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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A priest goes through an ancient manuscript at the monastery of Kebran Gabriel, on an island on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Orthodox priest hold cross at the ancient sunken rock-hewn church of St. George in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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A priest goes through an ancient manuscript at the monastery of Kebran Gabriel, on an island on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Priest swings an incense burner at the rock-hewn monolithic church of Bet Giyorgis (St. George's), most famous of Lalibela's churhces, Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopian Orthodox priests lead a procession of faithful into Abraha Atsheba Church to celebrate Timkat, the churchs most important Holy Day. Ethiopia is Africas oldest Christian nation where more than half the population follows the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Priests wear colourful vestments while silk brocade umbrellas shade them from the sun.
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Priest holding ancient manuscript, Ashetan Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Priest showing an ancient religious book in an Orthodox Monastery, Tigray, Ethiopia
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Na'akuto La'ab, built by King Lalibela's successor of the same name, priest with cross, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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A priest stands at the entrance to the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St. George), in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopian Orthodox priests perform the Dance of the Priests to celebrate Timkat, the churchs most important Holy Day. Ethiopia is Africas oldest Christian nation where more than half the population follows the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. During Timkat, priests stand in two rows, facing one another and sway gently as they chant. Attendants hold silk brocade umbrellas to shade them from the sun
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Procession for Christian festival of Rameaux, Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa
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A priest at Kebran Gabriel Church shows one of its many ancient illustrated books; the church has the largest library in the Tana region.
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Priest holding cross swings an incense burner at the rock-hewn monolithic church of Bet Giyorgis (St. George's), Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Priest with cross, Bet Meskel, an excavated chapel in the northern wall of the courtyard of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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A Priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church reads a very old, beautifully illustrated bible beside the entrance to the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi.The bibles script is Ge ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which is comparable to Latin in the Roman Church.
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Portrait of a man holding a Christian symbol,Bieta Golgotha,Lalibela,Wollo region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Lalibela church, Bieta Mercurios, Gabriel and Raphael, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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A priest at Kebran Gabriel Church shows several of its many ancient illustrated books; the church has the largest library in the Tana region.
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A priest stands outside the rock-hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh.Carved into a cliff face with a sheer drop of 800 to 1,000 feet,the church is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular hand grips. It is renowned for its truly remarkable murals.
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Na'akuto La'ab, built by King Lalibela's successor of the same name, priest with cross next to ancient chronicle thought to be 750 years old, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Rock cut Church of Gabriel and Raphael,(10th - 13th c.) Lalibela,Wollo region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Procession of Christian men and crosses, Rameaux festival, Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Portrait of a man holding Christian symbols,Gabriel and Raphael,Bieta Mercurios,Lalibela,Wollo region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Portrait of men in procession during the Christian festival of Rameaux, Axoum (Axum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. A Coptic priest outside the huge wooden doors of the semi monolithic 10th century church of Abraha Atsbeha.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from the ancient rock-hewn Church of Bet Giyorgis.
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An old Ethiopian Orthodox priest holds a large brass Coptic cross at the rock hewn church of Adadi Maryam, just south of Addis Abeba. This is the southernmost of Ethiopias rock hewn churches.
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Priest holding cross inside Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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Priest holding cross inside Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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