Archives for: July 2011

Religion notebook: a queen's copy of the Gospels, clergy's open letter on the budget and energy-conscious monks

July 31st, 2011

"Steve Delamarter, the George Fox University professor who digitizes Ethiopian religious manuscripts and returned one to Ethiopia last year, has found another prize: an illustrated copy of the four Christian Gospels that belonged to Queen Zewditu, who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930."

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Christian Group Sponsors Flight of Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel

July 30th, 2011

"The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ) has announced that it is sponsoring a flight from Ethiopia to Israel on August 23rd, which will allow some 100 Jewish Ethiopians to become citizens of their national homeland. For many, this journey will not only be life-changing, it will reunite them with loved ones who have already immigrated to Israel."

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