Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
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Medhane Alem Cathedral | |
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መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል | |
![]() Medhane Alem in 2009 | |
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8°59′45″N 38°47′24″E / 8.9959°N 38.7899°E | |
Location | Bole Medhane Alem, Addis Ababa |
Country | Ethiopia |
Denomination | Oriental Orthodox |
Medhane Alem Cathedral (Amharic: መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል), whose name means "Saviour of the World", is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Bole Medhanealem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the second largest cathedral in the whole of Africa and the largest in Ethiopia.[1]
The church, along with Gennet Mariam, is decorated with external columns type of modern architecture of Ethiopia.[2]
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, Side view, Addis Abeba
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, Columns
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
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Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
References
- ^ "Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa". GPSmyCity. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Sellassie, Sergew Hable; Tamerat, Tadesse. "Worship in the Ethiopian Orthodx Church". The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
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