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This category relates to religious Eastern Orthodox icons, icon painting, and icon painters. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 ...
Coptic Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church Eritrean Orthodox Church Ethiopian Catholic Church Eritrean Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church: Major shrine: St. Takla Haymanot's Church (Alexandria) Debre Libanos, Ethiopia: Feast: 30 August every 24th day of the month (Ethiopian Orthodox) Attributes: Man with wings on his back and only one ...
Ethiopian crosses, Abyssinian crosses, or Ethiopian-Eritrean crosses are a grouping of Christian cross variants that are symbols of Christianity in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and among Ethiopians and Eritreans. Their elaborate, stylized design is markedly distinct from other Christian cross variants.
The Orthodox icon of the Nativity uses certain imagery parallel to that on the epitaphios (burial shroud of Jesus) and other icons depicting the burial of Jesus on Good Friday. This is done intentionally to illustrate the theological point that the purpose of the Incarnation of Christ was to make possible the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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The Oriental Orthodox Churches, which today include the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, are referred to as "Non-Chalcedonian".
Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
This form of Coptic cross is widely used in the Coptic church and the Ethiopian and Eritrean churches, and so this form of the cross may also be called the "Ethiopian cross" or "Axum cross". [citation needed] Bertran de la Farge dates it to the 4th century and cites it as a predecessor of the Occitan cross. [4] [better source needed]