Gardens of Eden: The Forest Churches of Ethiopia
Reading on The Church forests of Ethiopia
The Age of Extinction
Gardens of Eden: the church forests of Ethiopia – a photo essay
"South of the Sahara, and just north of the Great Rift Valley in landlocked Ethiopia, the Blue Nile flows from Lake Tana, the largest lake in the country. Radiating out from the sacred source is a scattering of forest islands, strewn across the dry highlands like a handful of emeralds. At the heart of each circle of forest, hunkered down under the ancient canopy and wrapped in lush vegetation, are saucer-shaped churches – otherworldly structures that almost seem to emit a life force. And in a sense they do." - Extract taken from online article
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| Reading Name | The Church forests of Ethiopia |
| Reading Sourse | Article sourced from The Guardian online magazine |
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Gardens of Eden
The Forest Churches of Ethiopia
The story of Eden has been shared in Ethiopia for millennia – well before the Aksumite kingdom adopted Christianity around 325AD, and even before a tree came to symbolise the global faith. Today, in Ethiopia, each church forest is seen by its guardians as a miniature Garden of Eden.