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Lattice screens shade the circular passage around the 14th century church and monastery of the Ura Kidane Meret near Lake Tana.
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Ura Kidane Meret Church boasts some of the finest 16th century murals,most painted in the maqdas,or inner sanctuary,of any Ethiopian church.
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Set in a stone-walled compound,Ura Kidane Meret Church is among the largest of Lake Tana's twenty or so monasteries amd churches.
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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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Fine murals decorate the interior of the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi, a two hour walk from Degum on a plateau of the Gheralta Mountains east of Debretsion.The spacious rectangular interior is best known for its ancient, well-preserved murals and paintings.
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Fine murals decorate the interior of the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi, a two hour walk from Degum on a plateau of the Gheralta Mountains east of Debretsion.The spacious rectangular interior is best known for its ancient, well-preserved murals and paintings.
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The rock hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh is renowned for its truly remarkable murals. Abune Yemata church is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular hand grips.
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The new church in the St Mary of Zion compound dominates Aksum's low-rise skyline.
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Shaped like a Greek cross and excavated below ground level in a sunken courtyard,15m tall Bet Giorgis is the most celebrated of Lalibela's churches.
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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At a Lake Tana church a pilgrim reads a holy text of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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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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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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Ethiopian style religious painting in the small Catholic church at Kalacha on the edge of the Chalbi Desert.
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Detail of the facade of Bet Giorgis,the most celebrated of Lalibela's churches.
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A partially blind pilgrim rests in the shade of a Zege Peninsula church.
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An attractively decorated traditional thatched house belonging to an Orthodox Christian community in the Ethiopian Highlands,northeast of Addis Ababa. Most Amhara people living in the Ethiopian Highlands adhere to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Ethiopia is Africa's oldest Christian nation.
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Paintings depict scenes from the Bible, on the inner sanctuary (maqdas) of the monastery of Ura Kidane Meret, on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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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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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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Murals in the interior of the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the interior of the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Africa
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The church of the Catholic mission at Mua combines western religion with local art in a visually exciting way.
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In 1894,the Free Church of Scotland established a mission at Khondowe and renamed the place Livingstonia in memory of Dr David Livingstone,the great missionary-explorer,who died in 1873. The construction of the mission church began more than a century ago and took 25 years to complete. It is still in regular use.
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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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The entrance to the ancient rock-hewn church of Mikael Imba,near Atsbi in Ethiopia's most northerly region of Tigray. In all,Tigray has more than 120 rock-hewn churches.
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Wall painting,Narga Selassie church,Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar,Ethiopia,Africa
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Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. The interior of the semi monolithic 10th century church of Abraha Atsbeha is richly adorned with post 17th century paintings depicting biblical scenes.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. Crowds gather to worship on Sunday around Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from the ancient rock-hewn Church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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Ghana,Northern Region,Salaga. A Christian Church with bas relief murals.
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Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lasta, Lalibela. At sunrise worshippers attend an early morning outside service at the famous ancient rock-hewn Church of Saint George.
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Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lasta, Lalibela. At sunrise, worshippers attend an early morning outside service at the famous ancient rock-hewn Church of Saint George.
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Kenya,Kiambu,Kikuyu. One of the stained glass windows in the Church of the Torch near Kikuyu depicts Jesus and his flock of Kikuyu women and children in traditional attire. The church is the oldest Presbyterian church in East Africa. The first service was held there in 28th January 1909.
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Kenya,Marsabit,Kalacha. A mural in the Catholic church at Kalacha painted by an Ethiopian artist.
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The Catholic church at Nyaruhanga is of an unmistakable Italian style. It was built by Italian missionaries during the last century. Most foreign missionaries left the country during Idi Amin's reign of terror in the 1970's.
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The Cathedral du Sacre Coeur in Casablanca. Designed in 1930 by Paul Tornon,the striking exterior is dominated by three rows of butresses with gargoyles.
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An engraving on one of the exterior walls of the Lion Temple at Musawwarat es-Sufra,south of Shendi. This temple was built by King Arnekhamani who lived around 235BC to 218BC. It was dedicated to the indigenous God Apademak and its inscriptions are Egyptian hieroglyphs.A German archaeological mission to the Sudan reconstructed the temple from ruins and rubble in 1969/70.
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A fine early Coptic wall mural depicting the Virgin Mary and Jesus,which came from the ancient Christian monastery of Faras,founded in 707AD. A team of Polish experts saved the murals from this monastery before the site was submerged by Lake Nasser after the completion of Egypt's Aswan High Dam. A selection of these murals now hangs in Sudan's National Museum in Khartoum.
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The minaret of the old mosque at Aysaita,a hot,dusty town,which is the administrative centre of the nomadic Afar people who live in the eastern lowlands of Ethiopia.
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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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Painting in Ura Kedane Meheriet church,Zege Peninsula,Lake Tana,Gondar,Ethiopia,Africa
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Christian church of Narga Selassie,island of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Ura Kedane Meheriet church,Zege peninsula,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Narga Selassi church,Isle of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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Narga Selassi church,Isle of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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St. George and Dragon, Uran Kidane Meherate church, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ura Kedane Meheriet church, Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Interior of the Christian church of Ura Kedane Meheriet (Kidene Mehret) (Ura Kidanemereth), Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar 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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A newly refurbished Greek orthodox church at Kalenga, near Iringa in Tanzania s Southern Highlands.
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The new church at the Holy Ghost Catholic Mission in Bagamoyo, much of which was completed in 1913.
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The Holy Ghost Catholic Mission in Bagamoyo with the old chapel where the remains of David Livingstone were laid on the left, the historic Fathers House in the centre and the mission s new church on the right.
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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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Some of Ethiopia's finest ecclesiastical artwork adorns the walls of Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa
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Some of Ethiopia's finest ecclesiastical artwork adorns the walls of Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar, 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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The rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St. George), in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa
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The catholic church Igreja de Nossa Senhora Rosaria on the main square of Ibo Island,part of the Quirimbas Archipelago,Mozambique
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. An old man rests beneath a tree in the early morning light.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A woman prays by Bet Giyorgis, whilst her daughter loses concentration.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Malawi, Lake Malawi, Likoma Island. The impressive and seemingly out of place Anglican Cathedral of St Peter.
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