Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha
Church in Ethiopia
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The Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha (sometimes spelt Abreha we Atsbeha) was built in East Tigray, around 15 km from Wukro, in the 4th century by Abreha and Atsbeha.[1][2] Their bodies are claimed to be entombed in the church. At one time the church served as a monastery but now operates as a parish church.[2] Paul B. Henze visited the church in the 1970s where he was told the ceiling was blackened by soot due to Queen Gudit setting a fire in the building nine centuries earlier.[3]
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