Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)
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The Mannebärä-Tsäba'ot-Aga'ïstä-Aläm-Qïddus-Sïllase Cathedral ( Amharic መንበረ ጸባዖት አጋዕሥተ ዓለም ቅዱስ ሥላሴ ) is an Ethiopian Orthodox church building in Addis Ababa , the capital of Ethiopia . Built from 1928 by the Abyssinian Empress Zauditu , it today commemorates the liberation from the occupation of the country by Italy from 1936 to 1941.
The previous circular building, founded by Emperor Menelik II in 1887 as the monastery church of the Trinity, was expanded to a cathedral on December 22, 1931 according to a European design, but inside there are wall paintings and glass windows in the typical Ethiopian style. The building, completed in 1943, is considered to be the largest and most magnificent of all modern churches in Ethiopia and is lavishly decorated with carvings, mosaics, stained glass of saints and apostles and other works of art. After the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum , it is the most important Ethiopian Orthodox Church, as it is the seat of the Orthodox Archbishop of Addis Ababa and the patriarchs and bishops are enthroned here.
In the crypt is the tomb of the emperor Haile Selassie I (Lion of Judah), his wife Menen Asfaw and the fallen fighters against the Italians, including the anti-fascist British fighter and suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst . The Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarch Paulos and the last Prime Minister Meles Zenawi are also buried here.
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Coordinates: 9 ° 1 ′ 51 ″ N , 38 ° 45 ′ 59 ″ E