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Addis Ababa — Ethiopians across the country are colorfully celebrating Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) starting early in the morning. Timket, the commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus Christ, is under ...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 20 (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 ...

Timket (The Amharic word for immersion or Epiphany) is one of the grand outdoor religious festivals celebrated among the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians on the 19 of January (or the 20 of January once ...

Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox faith on Friday celebrated Timket -- also called the Epiphany -- a holiday commemorating Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River. To mark the day, tents called Tabots ...

Christians started on Sunday celebrating the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, a three-day occasion that marks the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. Hundreds of thousands of people streamed onto ...

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, 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 ...

In Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, thousands of worshippers marched through the streets on Friday, the eve of the festival, to the Jan Meda sports grounds. Image source, AFP Each church took its ...