When phone service returned to the city recently,she was able to reach the deacon of the the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church,and she worked to gain his trust. What he told her was ...

a deacon and youth leader. For 21-year-old church member Kannazegelila Mezgebu, the church is more than a spiritual space—it’s home. “The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has so many beautiful rituals.

Many Ethiopian families have come to the U.S. over ... children’s laughter mixed with the priests’ chants as deacons held an umbrella, a symbolic covering of their holy liturgy.

"The deacon will take the Gospel and he'll take ... Abraham Habte-Sellassie says DSK Mariam Church is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, one of the oldest Christian faiths in ...