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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jessie Wardarski

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Washington mark Easter with prayer, joyful family celebrations

APTOPIX Ethiopian Orthodox Easter - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed tightly into Washington, D.C.’s DSK Mariam Church to sing hymns in the ancient language Ge’ez, to pray, and to stand vigil as their Easter Sunday unfolded.

The celebration of Christ's resurrection, a core belief known as Fasika in Amharic, is observed a week after Catholic and Protestant Easter.

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