05et221 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Exterior of the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et220 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Pilgrims venerating Mary, insdie the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et222 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The old church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et225 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Pilgrims inside the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et192 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Begarrs in front of the Church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et217 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Worshippers assembled insdie the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et218 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Worshippers assembled insdie the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et196 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The view from the steps of the Great Stela towards the church of Saint Mary Zion, Ethiopia.

05et197 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The view from the steps of the Great Stela towards the church of Saint Mary Zion, Ethiopia.

05et212 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Preacher outside the Mary of Zion church, Ethiopia.

05et216 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Pilgrims gathered in the compound of the church of Saint Mary of Zion. In the background is the chapel which houses the Ark of the Covenant, Ethiopia.

05et219 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Woman reading scriptures, insdie the church of Saint Mary of Zion, Ethiopia.

05et194 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Married priests, Ethiopia.

05et232 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Priests greeting each other, Ethiopia.

05et200 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Married priets chanting and dancing, Ethiopia.

05et201 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The Patriarch and archbishops assembled beneath the Stela of King Ezana, Ethiopia.

05et209 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. His Holiness Abuna Paulos walking down from the steps to the Great Stela, Ethiopia.

05et227 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The Patriarch and archbishops assembled beneath the Stela of King Ezana, Ethiopia.

05et223 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. The Patriarch, Abuna Paulos, leaving the Bethlehem chapel which houses the Ark of the Covenant, Ethiopia.

05et204 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Ethiopian cross and the Stela of King Ezana.

05et205 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Ethiopian cross and the Stela of King Ezana.

05et210 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and bishops, assembled beneath a giant ficus tree.

05et211 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and bishops, assembled beneath a giant ficus tree.

05et234 - Women admiring paintings which are for sale. The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum, Ethiopia.

05et215 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Sendaya, 75, a nun and pilgrim to the festival, Ethiopia.

05et127 - Turbanned, married Orthodox priests chanting and dancing during the Feast of Mary, Axum, Ethiopia.

05et213 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. A woman pilgrim, Ethiopia.

05et214 - The Maryam Feast, Feast of Mary, at Axum. Two Orthodox nuns, Yeshare and Sendayu, pilgrims to the festival, Ethiopia.

05et136 - Pilgrims at Feast of Saint Mary, Axum, Ethiopia.

05et142 - Pilgrims at Feast of Saint Mary, Axum, Ethiopia.