The next morning, we saw the other grouping of five rock-hewn churches. As we arrived we saw people gathering for a funeral.
The churches are filled with paintings, some in a Western style and some in an Ethiopian style. Wonde told us about some of the saints in the paintings and explained some of the iconography. For example, if someone is painted in profile (or as he said it "half face one eye") it's because that person was an enemy of the Church.
This is just a cool photo.
We saw many services taking place outside. I mentioned to our guide that the services at my church usually last about an hour. "How will your prayers even have time to reach God in one hour?!" he asked.
Note plastic jugs for holy water.
In most of the churches the processional crosses were put away for Lent, but this priest showed us his.
The priest also let Ellie try out his horsehair flyswatter!
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