One Saint
  • Home
  • Jesus Said
    • Matthew
    • Mark
    • Luke
    • John
    • Acts
    • I Corinthians
    • II Corinthians
    • Revelation
  • OS Blog
  • Library
  • MP3s
    • Mystery Babylon
    • Pastors, Ministers and Priests
    • Run from the Devil
    • Miscellaneous Teachings
  • Music
    • One Saint on YouTube
    • Music of Heaven
    • Handel's Messiah
    • Miscellaneous Music >
      • Musical Library I
      • Musical Library II
      • Musical Library III
      • Musical Library IV
      • Musical Library V
      • Musical Library VI
      • Musical Library VII
      • Musical Library VIII
      • Musical Library IX
      • Musical Library X
      • Musical Library XI
      • Musical Library XII
      • Musical Library XIII
      • Musical Library XIV
      • Musical Library XV
      • Musical Library XVI
      • Musical Library XVII
  • Video
    • DR S M Lockridge, Full Sermon
    • Enoch
    • Gospel Of Luke
    • Greatest Biblical Archaeological Discoveries Of All Time
    • King Solomon
    • Leonard Ravenhill
    • One Saint
    • Rabbi Jonathan Cahn
    • Revelation, The Book
    • Roger Morneau
    • Ruth
    • Sermon On The Mount
    • That's My King!
    • The Bride, The Beast & Babylon
    • The Jesus Movie
  • Blog Archive
    • David
    • Askakido
    • Eschatology
    • Annie
    • All Saints
    • One Saint
    • Crown of Life
    • Prayer
  • Links

Ancient Rock Churches Of Ethiopia

9/5/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Lalibela Rock Church





Ancient Rock Churches Put Ethiopia Back On Tourist Map

by David Smith, Lalibela
The Guardian
"...Lalibela – described by Hilary Bradt, the travel guide author, as "the number one sight in Ethiopia and perhaps the most astonishing man-made site in sub-Saharan Africa" – is crucial to a drive by officials to banish images of famine and conflict, and turn the east African country into a fashionable destination. A "tourism master plan" is being finalised to boost visitor numbers, which are already growing by 10% a year.

"Gezahegne, 22, an academic at Addis Ababa University, was making her first pilgrimage to Lalibela one recent Sunday and was in no doubt about its potential to attract Christians and non-believers alike. "Most people know about the famine but not the historic sites," she said. "If the tourism bureau can advertise it, it can be a good source of income."

"The 11 Ethiopian Orthodox churches here have to be seen – and walked through – to be believed. They were built in the 13th century on the orders of King Lalibela, not from the ground up but chiselled out of the town's red volcanic rock hills. Legend has it that the toil of thousands of labourers on this "new Jerusalem" during the day was continued by angels at night.

"The last church to be completed, the Bet Giyorgis, or Church of St George, is shaped like a cross, freestanding inside a deep pit, so to reach the entrance visitors must climb down awkward, crowded stone steps. Inside, among the bibles, candles and holy water, there are intricate carvings and reliefs of exquisite detail..."
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    One Saint Blog

    Picture
    David Plays his Harp for Saul
    Scripture used in the
    One Saint Blog
    utilizes:

    New American Standard Bible
    (NASB)
    Copyright ©  1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
    by
    The Lockman Foundation


    Share



    email the webmaster

    RSS Feed


    Archives

    April 2018
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012