A young priest with a processional cross; liturgical umbrellas are in the background.
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Däbtära, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
Tabot, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
These priests marched and stood with the tabot (replicas of the Tablets of the Law, contents of the Ark of the Covenant supposedly resident in Axum, and the sanctifying piece of any Ethiopian Church) on their heads for hours, very patiently. It is a great honor to be selected to carry the tabot, but I wonder how it is on the back. . .
Procession #3, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
Priest, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
A priest escorts the tabot to the Timkat ceremonies at Jan Meda ffield, Addis Ababa.
Procession #2, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
One of the tabot from the Timkat procession before the ceremony.
Procession, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
Near the beginning of the Timkat (Epiphany) procession, the priests accompanying the tabot (a replica of the Tablets of the Law, said to be the contents of the Ark of the Covenant), which is carried covered, over the head of the priest on the left edge of the image, pause to wait for the tabot of another group of churches to join them in procession to Jan Meda field, where a dozen churches will converge to celebrate together.
Drummer, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
Timkat (Epiphany) is a three-day festival, when all the tabot (replicas of the ten commandments tablets, said to be stored in the Ark of the Covenant) are paraded to a source of water, which is blessed for symbolic re-baptism.
Here, a drummer beats out a merry beat as the parade accompanying the tabot goes from church to church.
Priest and Crosses, Abba Libanos Church, Lalibela, Woldia, Ethiopia, October 2007
Lalibela, envisioned as a second, African, Jerusalem, is a pilgrimage site in Ethiopia, site of churches cut out of the living rock, and home to a great multitude of priests and deacons, who manage the churches, conduct services, and give tours.
This priest is showing off processional crosses from the treasury of his church.