Yelet Giorgis Church is an
Ethiopian Orthodox church in Yelet, Bulga,
Ethiopia.
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
The Ethiopian calendar ( am, የኢትዮጲያ ዘመን ኣቆጣጠር; Oromo: Akka Lakkofsa Itoophiyaatti; Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉደ ኣዋርሕ), or Ge'ez calendar ( Ge'ez: ዓዉደ ወርሕ; Tigrinya: ዓዉ ...
), which corresponds to 3 November 2007 in the
Gregorian calendar.
See also
*
Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers
*
Yemrehana Krestos Church
Yemrehana Krestos Church is an 11th / 12th-century Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian Orthodox church architecture, church located in Amhara Region, northern Ethiopia. Built of stone and wood, it was erected in the Ethiopian architectur ...
External links
* http://www.nai.uu.se/library/resources/dossiers/local_history_of_ethiopia/xyz/ORTYEK.pdf
Churches completed in 2007
Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 17th century
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church buildings
Octagonal churches in Ethiopia
21st-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings
21st-century churches in Ethiopia
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