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The Chosen Path

by James Griesedieck (United States of America)

Ethiopia

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Every year thousands of people gather on Christmas day to pay homage in Lalibela, Ethiopia's most holy city. Here, pilgrims prepare to enter one of Lalibela's many rock-hewn churches built in the 12th century as a 'New Jerusalem' after Muslim conquest hindered Christian passage to the holy land.
Every year thousands of people gather on Christmas day to pay homage in Lalibela, Ethiopia's most holy city. Here, pilgrims prepare to enter one of Lalibela's many rock-hewn churches built in the 12th century as a 'New Jerusalem' after Muslim conquest hindered Christian passage to the holy land.
Devotees gather to dance and sing songs of praise following a church ceremony.
Devotees gather to dance and sing songs of praise following a church ceremony.
A pilgrim navigates Lalibela's narrow complex of hand-carved churches.
A pilgrim navigates Lalibela's narrow complex of hand-carved churches.
Woman await a blessing of holy water from a priest following a church ceremony in Biete Abba Libanos, one of Lalibela's many rock-hewn churches.
Woman await a blessing of holy water from a priest following a church ceremony in Biete Abba Libanos, one of Lalibela's many rock-hewn churches.
Devotees pray to depictions of saints deep within the inner sanctum of Biete Golgotha Mikael in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
Devotees pray to depictions of saints deep within the inner sanctum of Biete Golgotha Mikael in Lalibela, Ethiopia.

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