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Ethiopian Crosses

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a sign of the collective identity of much of the country

In the Church of the Savior of the World (be careful with the name), or Mekina-Medhani-Alem, besides being awestruck by the landscape and being subject to a rite of cleansing your sins (you pour water from the mountain on your head, filtered with a large cross, and then splash it on your face, 3 times), we saw the wonderful books from the 11th Century (although it seems that the church was built in the XII Century) and several crucifixes ... And the cross is "the" symbol, the star of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ... It's everywhere ... Women tattoo it onto their forehead, or on their hands ...

Everyone wears a small cross around their neck, often made of wood, or sometimes of stone or metal. The priests wear special bags wherever they go, whether they are going for a walk or are going to mass ... There are those who carry it in the processions, it is painted or carved on the walls of houses, churches and surroundings ... And what about the most amazing building, a church in a cross carved into the rock! (Bete Giorgis, or Saint George's House) ... It is a sign of the collective identity of much of the country (at least 50% are Orthodox Christians).
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