Building Name: | Yelet Giorgis Church |
Location: | Yelet, Ethiopia |
Geo: | 9.196°N 39.317°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
Rite: | Alexandrian Rite |
Status: | cathedral |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | church |
Yelet Giorgis Church is an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Yelet, Bulga, Ethiopia.[1] The church is dedicated to Saint George, and has over 2,500 parishioners. The church body has been in existence since the 17th century.
The first edifice, a traditional circular thatch roof church, burnt down in 1950. A modern, iron roof church was built in its place by Dejazmach Kidane Woldemedhin and dedicated in 1956. This building was erected on the same church site and served its community for a further 51 years until a more modern, 8-sided stone building was built in its place during the years 2004–2007. The new church was dedicated on 23rd Tikmt 2000 (Ethiopian calendar), which corresponds to 3 November 2007 in the Gregorian calendar.