#Experience the Meskel Festival of Ethiopia🇪🇹 The Meskel festival is one of the most important spiritual events in Ethiopian culture. It takes place on September 17th on the Ethiopian calendar (September 27th on the Gregorian calendar). Every year thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gather at the sunken rock churches of Lalibela for this festival which commemorates the finding of the very cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. The feast is celebrated at Meskel Square, named after th

In Ethiopia to witness the celebration of Meskel for the first time. It’s a mind altering experience to experience the deep faith of Ethiopians. 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. | Damien McSwine