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Meskel is an Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman Empress Saint Helena of Constantinople in the fourth century. Meskel
Meskel celebration at Meskel Square, Addis Ababa (2016)
Postmarks commemorating Ethiopian First Day Cover, Meskel festivities, 17 December 1974
Demera engulfed in flames, 2013
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. It was given autocephaly by Shenouda III of Alexandria, pope of the Coptic Orth
Enda Mariam Cathedral in Asmara, the seat of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church