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Baptism at this church can be a matter of life and death. BBC Earth. Video

Abuna Yemata Guh has been on the clifftop on Northern Ethiopia since 5th century AD

Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in the Hawzen woreda of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres. He chose as the hermit monastery the summit of Guha in the Geralt Ridge and withdrew from vain life. Later, he founded a church carved into a rock. To enter it, you need to go through a steep and dangerous rise.

More about the life of the churches of Ethiopia here:Ethiopia – The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom

 

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