Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha

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.

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