Yemrehana Krestos Church (ይምርሃነ ክርስቶስ ቤተክርስቲያን) is an Ethiopian Orthodox church located in Amhara Region, northern Ethiopia.
Built of stone and wood, it was erected in the architectural tradition of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum. The church is not dated but was probably constructed in the 11th or 12th century.
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YemrehanaKrestos (Ge'ez: ይምረሃና ክርስቶስ, Yəmrəḥannä Krəstos, often referred to as "Yəmrəḥa" in the sources) was the third king of the Zagwe dynasty, ruling...
Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia YemrehanaKrestos, Emperor of Ethiopia YemrehanaKrestosChurch, Orthodox church located in Amhara Region, northern...
example, the architecture of the Zagwe dynasty at Lalibela and YemrehanaKrestosChurch shows heavy Aksumite influence. The Aksumite population mainly...
Ashetan Maryam and YemrehanaKrestosChurch (possibly eleventh century, built in the Aksumite fashion, but within a cave). The churches are also a significant...
are four free-standing churches build inside caves in the mountain, the oldest and most famous being YemrehanaKrestosChurch, built by the Zagwe king...
traditions, as can be seen at Lalibela and at YemrehanaKrestosChurch. The building of rock-hewn churches, which first appeared in the late Aksumite era...
new gatehouse to the compound around the church. YemrehanaKrestosChurch David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (New Haven: Yale University...
An example of these built-up churches would be the church of YemrehanaKrestos, which has many resemblances to the church of Debre Damo both in plan and...
Tatadim, and the father of YemrehanaKrestos. His name does not appear in the longer king lists. Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia, (Oxford:...
the oldest known son of Mara Takla Haymanot. According to the Gadla YemrehanaKrestos, Tatadim made efforts to secure the succession of kingship for his...
the Princes". One tradition credits this practice to the Zagwe king YemrehanaKrestos (fl. 11th century), who allegedly received the idea in a dream; Taddesse...
Harbe tried to break the hold of Egyptian Coptic influence on the Ethiopian Church by increasing the number of bishops ordained in his country to seven. However...
Lalibela. His name does not appear in the longer king lists. Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 56n. v t e...
other notable landmarks in Bugna include the church of YemrehanaKrestos, as well as the ancient churches of Makina Madbane Alem, Bilbala Tcherqos, Kankanet...
and de Almeida stated that the Ethiopian emperor lent them books from the church of Axum containing the regnal lists. European travellers James Bruce, Henry...
kings, while Mara Takla Haymanot, Kedus Harbe, Yetbarak, Lalibela, YemrehanaKrestos and Na'akueto La'ab (in these chronological orders) were Christians...
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