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Three Marys and the sacred House of Mary in the Eritrean village of Galab

The Sacred House of Galab

The old tradition of the Mänsa Bet Abrehe tells of three sacred women known as Mary of Sion, Mary of Berlri, and Mary of Dabre Sina. They were said to have come from Hagare Nagram and travelled into the country of the Mänsa Bet Abrehe. As the years passed, each Mary became connected with particular communities and sacred places, and
Gendefli and his wife living on a high mountain in traditional Tigre Eritrean setting

Gendefli and the Mountain

Gendefli once lived among his family and his people, but a quarrel changed the course of his life. Whatever had passed between him and his family became serious enough for him to separate himself from them completely. He gathered all the property that belonged to him, took his wife with
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