{"id":4909,"date":"2020-09-28T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T10:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2020-09-29T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:29:49","slug":"meskel-demera-festival-at-meskel-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/meskel-demera-festival-at-meskel-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of the Holy Cross at Meskel Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kfmd08tg-6662c267b824b93d3720e9b300a0313c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Feast of the Holy Cross at Meskel Square<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year&#8217;s Festivity for the elevation of the Holy cross was celebrated at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa at the presence of religious fathers along with the participation of only 5,000 people to prevent the spreading of Corona Virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4926 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-2-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-2-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-2-705x364.jpg 705w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Incarnation Church, His Holiness Abune Mathias, President Sahlework Zewde, Addis Ababa Deputy Mayor Adanech Abebe, diplomats and other civil members were present.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4911 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/a.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Religious ceremonies and hymns were also performed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4914 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN8691-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, 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