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: እንጦጦ ራጉኤል ቤተክርስቲያን) is an
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church dates bac ...
church on the Entoto Hills, 2.5km far away from
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, in
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. The church was built by Emperor Menelik II in 1887. There is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church painting art in the church's interior wall and decorated with hand painting.


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Built by Emperor
Menelik II Menelik II ( ; horse name Aba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም ''sahlä maryam'') was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Et ...
in 1877, Entoto Kidus Raguel Church is found on the Entoto Hills about 2.5km away from Addis Ababa. It stands alongside neighbor Entoto Maryam Church. Inside the church, there is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church painting art in the church's interior wall and decorated with hand painting. Visitors can visit its compound abandoned rock carved church chiseled in the rock 700 years. There is also small museum displaying old manuscripts, crosses, and other church relics.


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{{Reflist Churches in Ethiopia Religious organizations established in 1877 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church buildings