- Abuna Yemata Guh is a famous rock-hewn church located in Hawzen, Ethiopia. It is situated on a sheer cliff face, requiring visitors to climb a challenging rock...
- After our visit to Abuna Yemata Guh we headed to the nearby town of Megab for a local lunch and a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
- There's nowhere on earth quite like Abuna Yemata Guh. Although less impressive architecturally than most, the church is spectacularly sited within a cliff…
- Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church placed within the Hawzen woreda of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
- Furthermore, a local Orthodox priest is continuing the tradition of holding ceremonies here and has been climbing Abuna Yemata Guh every day for the past 50 years.
- Father Assefa’s grandfather was also a priest at Abuna Yemata Guh, and generations of priests have been buried among the rocks.
- Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in the Hawzen woreda of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. ... Further Research into Abuna Yemata Guh
- The exact origins of Abuna Yemata Guh are unknown, but it is believed to have been built in the 5th century by a hermit monk named Abuna (Abba) Yemata.
- Northern Ethiopia’s Tigray Region is renowned for its collection of rock-hewn churches, the most incredible of which is Abuna Yemata Guh...