Photo essay: Ethiopian Orthodox in Ohio celebrate Meskel, connections to homeland

Photo essay: Ethiopian Orthodox in Ohio celebrate Meskel, connections to homeland (RNS) — A holiday observed by both Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches, Meskel commemorates the fourth-century discovery by Queen Helena of the True Cross upon which Jesus Christ was believed to have been crucified.
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