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The Church of Saint George carved from red volcanic stone in Lalibela, Ethiopia, viewed from its sunken courtyard, with two figures in traditional white Ethiopian dress standing before its recessed façade. - Photo by mulugeta wolde on Unsplash
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Lalibela

A first-person week-long itinerary through Lalibela's underground rock-hewn churches, framed around the living pilgrimage culture still surrounding them rather than treating them as static ruins.

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The Church of Saint George carved from red volcanic stone in Lalibela, Ethiopia, viewed from its sunken courtyard, with two figures in traditional white Ethiopian dress standing before its recessed façade. - Photo by mulugeta wolde on Unsplashtrip report

A Week Among the Stone Churches: Journeying Through Lalibela's Sacred Labyrinth

Five slow days among Lalibela's rock-hewn churches, from dawn liturgies at Bete Maryam to a candlelit trek out to Yemrehana Krestos cave church.

Alex Moreau

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