New Church of St. Mary of Zion – Tigray, Ethiopia.

The New Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Ethiopia, which is said to consist of the Ark of the Covenant.

The church is placed withinside the metropolis of Axum, Tigray, near the grounds of Obelisks of Axum. The precise church is idea to were built for the duration of the reign of Ezana the number one Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Axum (Present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia), for the duration of the 4th century AD, and has been rebuilt severa times for the reason that then.

Today, the internet web page includes the Old Church rebuilt withinside the 16th century, the New Cathedral built thru Emperor Haile Selassie withinside the 1950s, similarly to a chapel that said to house the Ark of the Covenant.

Located: Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia.

Completed: 1950