This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 1, 2019. The original video can be viewed here. If faith is a mystery, there are few places in the Christian world where the mystery is ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 1, 2019. The original video can be viewed here. If faith is a ...

Lalibela, Ethiopia — 3–4 July 2026 — Described by visiting ambassadors as “out of this world,” the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela highlighted the profound role of cultural heritage in bringing people ...

Although many travellers will have heard of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, few will know about the "new Lalibela" being carved out of the rockface by a devoted monk. Legend has it ...

From all corners of a nation they come, often walking for hundreds of miles barefoot: Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on a once-in-a-lifetime journey. Their destination is Lalibela in the north of ...

Name of restaurant: Lalibela, named after the town in Ethiopia known for its churches carved from stone. Owner Tenagne Belachew is from a nearby town called Wole. She had put in her time at other ...

In 2015, the world looked on in horror as the terror group Daesh (ISIS) brought their war to the ancient site of Palmyra. The group proceeded to destroy tombs and ...

It’s 4 o’clock on a Sunday morning when a trail of figures dressed in white emerges from the deep darkness. Quietly, the summoned crowd makes its way down a cluster of ancient structures as the slow ...

LUCKY Mount Kisco has snagged the rarest of rare in Westchester County — an Ethiopian restaurant — and it’s a honey. The food at Lalibela is rich and delicious. Many Ethiopian dishes call for braising ...

If faith is a mystery, there are few places in the Christian world where the mystery is deeper than in Lalibela. 800 years ago, an Ethiopian king ordered a new capital for Christians. At 8,000 feet, ...