Image credits

Every image comes from Wikimedia Commons, the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Cleveland Museum of Art, and is used under an open licence or in the public domain. Images have been resized and not altered in any other way. Thank you to the photographers, artists and institutions who shared them.

Place names and time zones: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The ceiling of winged angel faces at Debre Berhan Selassie, Gondar
Rod Waddington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
The painted angels of the ceiling of Debre Berhan Selassie, Gondar
Justin Clements · CC BY 2.0 · Source
Diptych with the Twelve Apostles and Saint Paul, Ethiopia, c. 1700
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Source
Arganona Maryam (The Organ of Mary), an Ethiopian prayer book, late 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 · Source
Bete Giyorgis, the rock-hewn Church of Saint George in Lalibela, in full sun
Dr. Ondřej Havelka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Sunset over Bete Giyorgis, the Church of Saint George in Lalibela
Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Pilgrims holding candles at the Christmas vigil in Lalibela
Tanjagari · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Doro wat with a boiled egg on injera, a dish for feast days
Edsel Little · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
The faithful in white netela at a festival at Debre Mariam monastery, Lake Tana
Radosław Botev · CC BY 3.0 · Source
Fasting food served on injera in Ethiopia
Rod Waddington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
A page of Ge'ez script in red and black ink
Miami University Libraries · Public domain · Source
Leaf from an Ethiopian Gospel book with a portrait of Saint Luke, c. 1440–80
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 · Source
The demera bonfire burning at the feast of Meskel
Brendan Vaughn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
A monk in the rock church of Abuna Yemata Guh
Mark Fischer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
A monk in Lalibela wrapped in a white shawl
Mark Fischer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
An Ethiopian Orthodox monk reading an illuminated manuscript
Klemens Reidlinger · Public domain · Source
Adey abeba, the yellow flowers that bloom for the Ethiopian New Year
Nati Tad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
A priest with a hand cross at Bete Giyorgis, Lalibela
Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
An Ethiopian Orthodox priest in Tigray holding a hand cross
Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
A priest holding a processional cross
Giustino · CC BY 2.0 · Source
An Ethiopian processional cross, 14th–15th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 · Source
Priests under liturgical umbrellas carrying the tabot during Timkat
Jean Rebiffé · CC BY 4.0 · Source
A lit tuaf candle held in the hand
Melat30 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Triptych icon of the Virgin Mary, Ethiopia
Unknown Ethiopian artist · Detroit Institute of Arts · Public domain · Source
Shiro, a stew of ground chickpeas, served on injera
Wiki teshager · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Kik alicha, misir wot and gomen: split peas, lentils and greens on injera
stu_spivack · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
Beyaynetu, a platter of fasting dishes on injera
Jforauer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Kitfo and other feast dishes laid out for a celebration
Vipon8 · CC0 · Source
Tibs, sautéed meat served in a clay pot with injera
Jean Rebiffé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Kolo, roasted grains and nuts eaten as a snack
R.G.L. Jongenelen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
A jebena coffee pot and cups for the coffee ceremony
ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Habesha gomen (Ethiopian kale) growing in a garden
Ztmcfaul · Public domain · Source
Priests in embroidered robes carry the tabots under liturgical umbrellas at Timket
Khajitdadddy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source