Waiting for services at the Old Church of St. Mary of Zion, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Waiting for services at the Old Church of St. Mary of Zion, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009Old men wait outside the door of the old Maryam Tsion (St. Mary of Zion) Church, arriving early for the start of Easter festivities. Most worshippers will celebrate in the new church, which was built in the reign of Haile Selassie, and is found in the same compound.

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