Thousands in Ethiopia's capital city defied a downpour to celebrate Meskel, the first big festival of the religious year. It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to ...

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Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are ...

National celebrations of the festival, known as Meskel, traditionally happen in a square by the same name in Addis Ababa. It is one of Ethiopia’s most celebrated religious holidays, marked with ...

In 2010, the Ethiopian government opened the “Red Terror” Martyrs’ Memorial Museum in Meskel Square of the ... a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 and carried out a ...

Ethiopians are celebrating the annual Meskel festival, the first big festival of the Ethiopian religious year. According to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition, the national holiday marks the ...

CHUNCHEON, Gangwon Province — Ethiopia-gil, a road near to the Memorial Hall for Ethiopian Veterans of the Korean War in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, hosted a Meskel celebration for the 14th ...

Millions demonstrating at Meskel SQ & other cities ... Stop fake news on Ethiopia and Stop CNN; Stop fake news on Ethiopia.” Some social media users have accused the western countries of ...

(The True Findings of the Cross in which Jesus was crucified), and the actual Meskel festival, Irreechaa, (The Thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people are some. Currently, Ethiopia, while these ...

National celebrations of the festival, known as Meskel, traditionally happen in a square by the same name in Addis Ababa. It is one of Ethiopia’s most celebrated religious holidays, marked with ...