"We hope that this is a symbol that the wounds are healing between the two countries, " said the Patriarch of the EthiopianOrthodoxChurch, Abune Paulos.
To our disbelief a beautiful EthiopianOrthodoxchurch was looted - the inner sanctuary descrated, stained-glass windows broken, holy paintings ripped up, crosses - even those in the graveyards - looted.
In 2002, monks from the EthiopianOrthodoxChurch and the Coptic Church of Egypt - two groups which for years have been vying for control of the church's roof - fought over the position of a chair on the roof.