Tsedaye Makonnen's ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration.

When Zenebech Aly visited Rochester for the first time in the summer of 2010, she decided pretty much on the spot that here is where she wanted to raise her young family. She had expected a ...

Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas while praying for peace amidst ongoing conflicts. Celebrated following the Julian calendar, the event calls for reconciliation amid ethnic strife and ...

Attendees sang, prayed and took Communion for the final time in their church. Kenyon delivered his last sermon there, until ...

But the faithful of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church say there's no mystery really. The churches of Lalibela were built by angels. The northern highlands of Ethiopia rose 31 million years ago when ...

Big money, big ideas and big egos — the art world has all the necessary ingredients for a juicy controversy. This may be why eye-rolling and schadenfreude emerge so virulently whenever said ...

Located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, this church is shared by multiple Christian denominations, including Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Apostolic traditions. It serves as a ...

Authorities also discovered at least one skeleton of a minor. Lev Tahor is an ultra-orthodox organization, that moved to the village of El Amatillo in the southern department of Santa Rosa in 2016, ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of ...

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

The authorities said at least 160 children and teenagers might have been the victims of human trafficking and other crimes on a farm run by Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox sect. By Emiliano Rodrígue ...