LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA High in the mountains of northern Ethiopia, the rock hewn churches of Lalibela stand as a powerful testimony of Christian devotion, sacrifice, and worship. Often called a “New Jerusalem,” this sacred place remains one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Ethiopian Christianity, drawing believers to prayer, fasting, and reverence before God. Carved straight into volcanic rock in the 12th and 13th centuries, these churches were not built upward like ordinary buildings. They

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