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Debre Libanos

Ethiopia.

Oromia ethnic division.

 

Starting our trip, from Addis Ababa to Debre Markos.

Debre Libanos is a monastery in Ethiopia, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the Oromia Region. Founded in the thirteenth century by Saint Tekle Haymanot, the monastery's chief abbot, called the Ichege, was the second most powerful official in the Ethiopian Church after the Abuna.

Further reading : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debre_Libanos

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