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 ...

Celebrations have been taking place in Ethiopia's historic holy city of Gondar for the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival of Timket. The celebration, which marks the baptism of Jesus in the River ...

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

As of 6th century, during the reign of Atse Gebre-Meskel, a new tradition of taking the arcs to riversides emerged True to Jesus' trek to River of Jordan. During the reign of Yekunoamlak (1208-1265) ...

Timket (Epiphany) was celebrated today across the country in a colorful manner. During the celebration in Asmara, at the Holy Water site around Bahti Meskerem Square, a prayer service was conducted.

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, ...

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