Medhane Alem Cathedral | |
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መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል | |
![]() Medhane Alem in 2009 | |
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8°59′45″N 38°47′24″E / 8.9959°N 38.7899°E | |
Location | Bole, Addis Ababa |
Country | Ethiopia |
Denomination | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Zenaye Workeneh |
Years built | 1924 |
Completed | 1931 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Stone, wood and marble |
Medhane Alem Cathedral (Amharic: መድኃኔዓለም ካቴድራል), whose name means "Saviour of the World", is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo cathedral in Bole Medhanealem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Built in 1990's, it is the second largest cathedral in the whole of Africa and the largest in Ethiopia.[1]
The church, along with Gennet Mariam, is decorated with external columns type of modern architecture of Ethiopia.[2]