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Addis Ababa, January 19, 2026 (ENA)— As the colorful Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) rituals unfolded at Jan Meda in Addis Ababa, tourists praised the celebration as a profound expression of faith and ...

Huddled beneath a large white tent, hundreds of people sang together in the early morning darkness. For hours, they repeated a single word: Hallelujah. They were gathered last Sunday to mark Timket, ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox followers gathered in the capital Addis Ababa on Friday and Saturday to celebrate Epiphany, also called Timket, a religious festival ...

Ethiopian epiphany ( Timket) is one of the major holidays. Every year it is celebrated beautifully and colourfully by Orthodox Tewahido faithfuls to commemorate the baptism of Jesus Christ. One thing ...

Every January, as sacred waters are prepared and ancient hymns rise before dawn, Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) draws Ethiopia into a shared moment of faith and reflection. More than a commemoration of ...

Addis Ababa — Appreciating the peculiarity of Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany), tourists from across the world said it should be inscribed as one of world cultural heritage. Christian's and others, ...

Gondar, Ethiopia (CNN)-- France has Lourdes, India has the Ganges. Ethiopia, meanwhile, has Gondar. Situated about 450 miles north of Addis Ababa, encapsulated by hills and tall trees, and dotted with ...

People celebrate Timket, the annual Ethiopian epiphany festival, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Jan. 19, 2021. The Ethiopian epiphany, which is largely considered as one of Ethiopia's highly rated public ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Orthodox Christians across the country on Monday marked the three-day Ethiopian epiphany, the baptism of Jesus Christ, with various assortments of unique and ...

France has Lourdes, India has the Ganges. Ethiopia, meanwhile, has Gondar. Situated about 450 miles north of Addis Ababa, encapsulated by hills and tall trees, and dotted with 17th-century relics from ...