Entoto Raguel Church Explained

Entoto Raguel Church
Native Name:	እንጦጦ ራጉኤል ቤተክርስቲያን
Native Name Lang:	am
Location:	Mount Entoto, Ethiopia
Country:	Ethiopia
Denomination:	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Founder:	Menelik II
Style:	Ethiopian architecture
Years Built:	1877

Entoto Raguel Church (Amharic: እንጦጦ ራጉኤል ቤተክርስቲያን) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church on the Entoto Hills, 2.5km far away from Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. Built by Emperor Menelik II in 1887, the church is one of oldest churches in Ethiopia.There is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church painting art in the church's interior wall and decorated with hand painting.

Description

Built by Emperor Menelik II in 1877, Entoto Kidus Raguel Church is found on the Entoto Hills about 2.5km away from Addis Ababa.^{[1] [2]} Alongside neighbor Entoto Maryam Church, it is one of oldest churches. Inside the church, there is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church painting art in the church's interior wall and decorated with hand painting.^[3] Visitors can visit its compound abandoned rock carved church chiseled in the rock 700 years.^[4]

There is also small museum displaying old manuscripts, crosses, and other church relics.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samuel . Rahel . Ethiopia: Historical Wonders of Entoto . 2022-09-10 . en-US.
2. Web site: UNDP EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA . 2022-09-10 . www.africa.upenn.edu.
3. Web site: Christian Ethiopian art (article) Ethiopia . 2022-09-10 . Khan Academy . en.
4. Web site: Addis Ababa . 2022-09-10 . Stone Age Ethiopia Tours Ethiopia Tours Tour to Ethiopia Ethiopia Tour package Tour Package to Ethiopia Tour in Ethiopia . en-US.
5. Web site: Tafesse . Serkalem . 2018-06-13 . 10 Top Guided Tours to Take in Addis Ababa . 2022-09-10 . Culture Trip.