The Church of St. Mary of Zion, the country’s most sacred Ethiopian Orthodox church, is seen in Axum, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, November 2013. Witnesses, including the church’s deacon, have ...

His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC), has expressed concern over growing divisions among senior leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front ...

I thank God that we are safe here and we have something to eat.” – Gannite, Ethiopian refugee woman who fled into Sudan from clashes in the Tigray region Refugees have arrived in remote areas that ...

royal tombs and a church which is believed by some to house the Ark of the Covenant. 3. Most people in Tigray are Ethiopian Orthodox Christians. The region's Christian roots stretch back 1,600 years.