The J. Paul Getty Museum has added a rare Ethiopian Gospel book to its collection of illuminated manuscripts. Created around 1504-05 with five full-page paintings and many ornamental touches, it is ...
CLINTON - Four centuries after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Ethiopian King Ezana embraced Christianity in the kingdom of Aksum, beginning the diffusion of the new religion’s beliefs and art ...
A 16-foot parchment fan made 500 years ago by Ethiopian monks. A painted wooden triptych showing Mary with a cloak of pale blue and eyes of deepest black. An ancient Gospel that contains in its ...
A new exhibition opening at the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum on Friday, Sept. 21, explores the beliefs and practices of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church as they are reflected in contemporary ...
A distant part of Ethiopia last week celebrated the baptisms of 300 adult catechumens, youth, and infants. "Today when you receive this great Sacrament of Baptism you become sons and daughters of God, ...
Lalibela, in Ethiopia, should be high on anyone’s list of contenders for the title of most astonishing site in the history of Christian art and architecture. Imagine coming over a hill and seeing what ...
Some of the oldest and most striking Christian art in existence is now on view in New York at the Museum of Biblical Art. Visitors to Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum said ...