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This is the faith that moves mountains. At Christmastime in Axum, ancient home of the Queen of Sheba, reputed sanctuary of the Ark of the Covenant and heart of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, such devotion is commonplace. Nothing has ever succeeded in crushing the simple rituals of piety that have been practiced here since the 4th century--not the communist ideology that ruled Ethiopia for much of the past two decades, not the cynicism of the modern age, not the latest plagues of civil war, famine, poverty and AIDS...
...Ethiopian Orthodoxy is a curious amalgam of Judaic and Christian practices, African and European rituals. It is manifestly a man's religion: only males may enter the inner sanctuary where it is claimed Moses' Ark is hidden. No one knows anyone who has actually seen it, but the pilgrims are certain it is there. "They don't have to let people see it for us to believe it," says a gnarled elder. "That's the mystery." Women, he adds, are excluded because "God made the rules for mankind and women broke them...
...Julian New Year, back in September; even if one can afford to fly or drive, it is unseemly not to walk. The destination is not only holy to the church but sacred to the nation. From the son of Sheba 3,000 years ago descended an unbroken line of Ethiopian Emperors down to the people's revolution in 1974. Today Axum is the capital of Tigrai province, which fought for years to gain independence but instead won control of the entire country six years ago. When the devout finally arrive back home, their neighbors will wash their feet and drink...
According to the Boston Phoenix, Holmes Realty Trust has already offered retail space in the new complex to all of the longtime tenants, as well as to Wiener's Discount Tobacco Dealer and the Ethiopian Restaurant on Mass...
However, Hoicka said he had heard the Ethiopian Restaurant would be allowed to join the new establishment if it agreed to convert into a "small sandwich shop...