{"id":276456,"date":"2019-05-19T04:33:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T08:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiU2h0dHBzOi8vb2JzZXJ2ZXIudWcvbGlmZXN0eWxlLzYwNzQxLWV0aGlvcGlhLXMtcmV2ZXJlbmNlLW9mLXRoZS1kZWFkLWxlZnQtbWUtaW4tYXdl0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-20T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:27:56","slug":"observer-a-ugandan-visitor-described-ethiopias-reverence-for-the-dead-at-holy-trinity-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276456","title":{"rendered":"Observer: a Ugandan visitor described Ethiopia\u2019s reverence for the dead at Holy Trinity Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the 2019 World Press Freedom Day meetings in Addis Ababa, Uganda\u2019s Observer published a travel essay by a delegate who toured Holy Trinity Cathedral and nearby monuments under Ethiopian government hospitality.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-598256\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/east-wollega-featured.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Observer: a Ugandan visitor described Ethiopia\u2019s reverence for the dead at Holy Trinity Cathedral\" \/>\n<p>The writer described prayer before Trinity images, the tombs of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen, the grave of former prime minister Meles Zenawi, and memorials for Ethiopians killed under Italian occupation, including a guide\u2019s account of chemical weapons and tens of thousands of dead.<\/p>\n<p>A tour guide explained that cathedral construction paused during the Italian occupation and finished after Haile Selassie\u2019s return, and that a museum and costly mausoleum boxes served both faith and status.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as culture archive, the piece is a visitor\u2019s dated walk through Orthodox memory and political burial in Addis Ababa, useful for readers who want how sacred space and modern power share the same compound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.ug\/lifestyle\/60741-ethiopia-s-reverence-of-the-dead-left-me-in-awe\">The Observer (Uganda)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia&#8217;s reverence of the dead left me in awe&nbsp;&nbsp;The ObserverFor all delegates to this year&#8217;s World Press Freedom Day global conference in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian government organized free tours to some of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":598256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/east-wollega-featured.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19UY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754822,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276456\/revisions\/754822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}