Lalibela: Lalibela, home to famed rock-hewn churches and the ancient city revered as the Camelot of Gena (Ethiopian Christmas) is poised for a spectacular celebration this Tuesday on 7th January 2025.
According to Ethiopian News Agency, January 7th is the date that Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in Ethiopia and the holy city of Lalibela is where they’d all like to be on this religious day of this magnificent celebration. This is a city where hundreds of thousands of people flock to it for these Christmas celebrations and throughout the day seeing numerous pilgrims, monks, and priests.
Lalibela is known as Africa’s Jerusalem due to its 11 unique churches and artificial ‘River Jordan’ which was a vision of King Lalibela during his reign. An area of religious and historic significance and one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia, the religious ceremonies have remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of years.
As usual, Lalibela is now welcoming thousands of visitors ahead of Ethiopian Christmas, which is going to be celebrated tomorrow.
According to the information obtained from the Lalibela City Administration, over one million visitors are highly expected to be part of the Christmas (Genna) holiday, which will be celebrated tomorrow, January 7th, 2025.