Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa

Medhane Alem Cathedral (Amharic: መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል), whose name means "Saviour of the World", is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Bole Medhanealem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the second largest cathedral in the whole of Africa and the largest in Ethiopia.[1]

Medhane Alem Cathedral
መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል
Medhane Alem in 2009
8°59′45″N 38°47′24″E
LocationBole Medhane Alem, Addis Ababa
CountryEthiopia
DenominationOriental Orthodox

The church, along with Gennet Mariam, is decorated with external columns type of modern architecture of Ethiopia.[2]

  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, Side view, Addis Abeba
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, Side view, Addis Abeba
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, Columns
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, Columns
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
  • Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail
    Medhane Alem Cathedral, detail

References
  1. "Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Ababa". GPSmyCity. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  2. Sergew Hable Sellassie; Tadesse Tamerat. "Worship in the Ethiopian Orthodx Church". The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
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