This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in the historic town of Lalibela to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at one of the world’s oldest and most unique churches.

Tourists joined Ethiopians for Orthodox Christmas celebrations at one of the world's oldest churches on Tuesday. The rock-hewn monolithic church is one of 11 in the town of Lalibela, in the Amhara ...

In Ethiopia, Christmas is known as Ganna/Gena or Ledet and is celebrated on 7 January. Thousands of pilgrims travel to the town of Lalibela, the site of 11 churches which date back to the 12th and ...