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A displaced Tigrayan boy runs up stairs past graffiti reading God is better than any thing at the Hadnet General Secondary School which has become a makeshift home to thousands displaced by the conflict, in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The Tigray conflict has displaced more than 1 million people, the International Organization for Migration reported in April, and the numbers continue to rise. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) May 07, 2021 - 3:00 PM
NAIROBI, Kenya - The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the countryâs Tigray region is sharply criticizing Ethiopiaâs actions, saying he believes it s genocide: They want to destroy the people of Tigray.â
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2021-05-02 13:30:38 GMT2021-05-02 21:30:38(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, May 2 (Xinhua) Millions of Orthodox faithful across the East African country Ethiopia on Sunday celebrated the unique Ethiopian Easter as per the traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethiopia follows the Eastern Orthodox calendar, different from that of the widely used Gregorian calendar.
Fasika, an Amharic term for Easter, follows two months fasting period. During the festival, Orthodox followers visit holiday marketplaces to buy oxen, sheep, or goats for a feast, depending on their purchasing power and family size.
On the eve of the main holiday, a bustling live animals market in the Akaki neighborhood of the capital Addis Ababa was full of people as Orthodox Christians were set to break their fasting, during which eating meat was prohibited.
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Above: An Orthodox priest sprays holy water on believers after a service marking the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 25.
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April’s Pink Super Moon rises behind a member of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in the rebel-held southern countryside of the Syrian province of Idlib on Wednesday.
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