Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque.

Do all church buildings face east? Does this matter? Why have some Christian denominations constructed their church buildings so the doors face east? Why Do Some Churches Face East? The denominational ...

Gwinnett County Public Schools will spend $7 million to buy the Central Baptist Church property in Lawrenceville ... Morgan and board member Rachel Stone opposing it. The Central Baptist ...

Meanwhile, Canadian Christians were startled by another development: a formal recommendation that the governing party consider taking tax-exempt status away from churches. The Standing Committee ...

A cross is reflected in glass panels at the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, on Oct. 14. Photo: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images ...

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Council is relocating around 60,000 residents in the two regions to temporary shelters because of the risk of further earthquakes. The earthquakes have also ...

Timkat is also the religious practice that initiates a child to Christendom. Timkat celebration, held annually on the 19th of January, is primarily a function in the purview of the Ethiopian Orthodox ...

Alula said neither Tigray's regional administration nor Ethiopia's federal government had fulfilled their responsibilities. As a result, many displaced people continue to live in tents. "About 600 ...

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological ...

Recognized as a UNESCO-inscribed intangible cultural heritage, Ethiopian Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan. The festivities include a procession of replicas of the ...

Alemu Haile, an author and former deacon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, described the magnitude of the event ... This sacred object is a replica of the Ark of the Covenant and the stone tablets ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two men changed in connection with the 1998 death of a Big Stone Gap man were granted clemency Friday by President Joe Biden. First Name ...