St. George Church, carved from solid rock in the shape of a cross
The Church of St. George (Amharic: Bete Giyorgis) is a monolithic church in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 269 KB) by Giustino Taken on August 20, 2005 from http://flickr. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 269 KB) by Giustino Taken on August 20, 2005 from http://flickr. ... Amharic (አማáˆáŠ› ’amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. ... Church of St. ... Lalibela is a city in the Amhara ethnic division, or kilil, of Ethiopia. ...
According to Ethiopian culture, the churches of Lalibela were constructed in the 13th century after King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela had a vision, in which God told him to build the huge structures. Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (also called simply Lalibela, which means the bees recognise his sovereignty in Old Agaw) was negus of Ethiopia, and a member of the Zagwe dynasty; he is also considered a saint by the Ethiopian church. ...
There are numerous monolithic churches in the Lalibela complex from a similar period, many connected to one another by tunnels, but this is the most famous of them. There is a small baptismal pool outside the Church.
It has been falsely rumored to have been constructed by the Knights Templar and to house the Ark of the Covenant. The Seal of the Knights — the two riders have been interpreted as a sign of poverty or the duality of monk/soldier. ... A late 19th-century artists conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing a Renaissance cassone for the Ark and cherubim as latter-day Christian angels The Ark of the Covenant (×רון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container, wherein rested the stone...
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