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The Church of Saint George (Amharic: ቤተ ጊዮርጊስ, romanized: Betä Giyorgis) is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Originally named Roha ( Warwar ), the historical and religious site was named Lalibela after the King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty , who ...
EDIT: the church paintings of Lalibela date to the 12th-13th century AD. See the following source: Teferi, Dawit (2015) [1995], "A Short History of Ethiopian Church Art", in Briggs, Philip, Ethiopia, Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Travel Guides, p. 242, ISBN 978-1-84162-922-3. This is just part of a panel depicting St. George slaying the dragon.
The eleven Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela, named after the late-12th and early-13th century King Gebre Meskel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned the massive building project of 11 rock-hewn churches to recreate the holy city of Jerusalem in his own kingdom.
Original church built during reign of Emperor Fasilides, and later underwent restoration under Emperor Tekle Haymanot II. The church is dedicated to Saint Tekle Haymanot. [4] Abhorra Giyorgis: Located 3 kilometers south of Gondar Abyegzi: Original church founded by an aristocrat in the reign of Tekle Haymanot II. Present structure is a round church
Lalibela (Amharic: ላሊበላ, romanized: Lalibäla) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. [1]
The old Bet Giyorgis rock-cut church in Lalibela. Before the fourth century, a mixture of religions existed in Ethiopia, with parts of the population adhering to a religion that worshiped the serpent-king Arwe, and others adhering to what scholars call "a Judaized form of religion". [14]
Church of St. George (Bete Giyorgis) The most famous of the edifices is the cross-shaped Church of St. George. Tradition credits its construction to the Zagwe dynasty King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela , who was a devout Orthodox Tewahedo Christian .
Lalibela promised to build a church more beautiful than all the others for the saint." "The church of Bet Giorgis is a nearly perfect cube, hewn in the shape of a cross, and is oriented so that the main entrance is in the west and the holy of holies in the east. The nine windows of the bottom row are blind; the twelve windows above are functional."