The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion[a] is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant. The church is located in the town of Axum, Tigray …

Feb 21, 2021 · Ethiopian Christians claim the Ark — the wooden chest built to hold the Ten Commandments of Moses — is being kept safe in a chapel in the holy northern city of Axum in …

Dec 7, 2018 · Over the past few days, several media outlets have reported on a centuries-old claim that the Ark of the Covenant — which allegedly held tablets recording the Ten …

Sep 16, 2023 · Ethiopian Christians contend that the Ark of the Covenant resides in a chapel within the small town of Axum, where they believe it arrived nearly three millennia ago, …

According to church leaders, the Ark of the Covenant has for centuries been closely guarded in Aksum at the Church of St. Mary of Zion. Not even the high priest of Aksum can enter its …

Jan 7, 2022 · The Ark of the Covenant, whose replicas are kept in every Ethiopian church, is said to be in Aksum, in the Head Church of the Churches, Holy of Holies, the Virgin Mary of Zion.

Aksum is history and mystery bonded in time; a city that has revealed but a tiny fragment of its mystic secrets. Exploring its grand obelisks, ruined palaces, and ancient churches are sure to …

Jan 21, 2025 · While the Ark disappeared from the biblical record after the Babylonian destruction of the First Temple in 587 BCE, one of the most enduring traditions places it in Axum, …

Dec 1, 2007 · But through the centuries, Ethiopian Christians have claimed that the ark rests in a chapel in the small town of Aksum, in their country's northern highlands. It arrived nearly 3,000 …

Jan 2, 2016 · The Kingdom of Aksum (also spelled as ‘Axum’) was an ancient civilization located in what is today northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. This kingdom existed roughly between the 1st …