Tadbaba

Tadbaba Maryam is a church of the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition in the highland country of Sayint. Its name joins the Ge'ez word for a tabernacle with that of Mary. Tradition holds that its sacred ark was once carried from place to place, and that Emperor Gelawdewos built a church for it after his victory over Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi at Wayna Daga in 1543. The circular church is arranged in concentric sections around its innermost sanctuary.