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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

A priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church sits in quiet contemplation next to a painting in the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael. The church is named in honor of the Archan
A priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church sits in quiet contemplation next to a painting in the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael. The church is named in honor of the… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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