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One of the major sights of Ethiopia, Debre Birhan Selassie church lives up to your expectations as an extraordinarily beautiful church.
It is easy enough to spend time in the church, even though it basically consists of one large hall. As elsewhere in northern Ethiopia, the walls contain biblical stories, apparently for people who cannot read, depicting several scenes of the life of Christ and various saints. Some of the scenes are brutal, beheadings are depicted with bloody detail, and the devil also made it to the colourful walls. But I guess any visitor is drawn to the angels of the ceiling. Every single cherubic face is different: some look sad, others bright, some look smart, others dumb. They all have wings. The longer you stare at them, the more they appear to be staring back. When the priest finally switched off the light and daylight was vanishing, the large eyes continued looking at me, the white in their eyes seemed always brighter while the rest of the ceiling slowly faded away in the darkness of the night.
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