Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church
Construction began on this church in 1903 EC (1910/1911 CE), with the building officially inaugurated on 27 Ṭeqemt 1913 EC (6 November 1920 CE). The future Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē granted some of the necessary funding while he was still Crown Prince.
- HMML ID
- 254220551734
- PURL
- LC name
- Qaċané Dabra Salām Madhāné Ālam (Church : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- HMML name
- Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church
- HMML native script
- ቀጨኔ ፡ ደብረ ፡ ሰላም ፡ መድኃኔ ፡ ዓለም
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Church of the Savior of the World
- Debre Selam Medhane Alem
- Kechene Medhane Alem
- Madḫānē ʻĀlam
- Medhane-Alem church at Qechine
- Qaċané Dabra Salām Madẖāné Ālam
Organization information
- Organization type
- Church
- Foundation date
- [1910,1911]
- Centuries
- 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Locations
- Countries
- Languages
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
- Funders
General notes
- Description
- Medhane-Alem church at Qechine [in Addis Abeba]
- Citations
- Reidulf K. Molvaer (ed.), Prowess, Piety and Politics: The Chronicle of Abeto Iyasu and Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (1909-1930), Studien zur Kulturkunde 104 (Köln, Rüdiger Köppe, 1994), 450.
- Description
- ቀጨኔ ፡ ደብረ ፡ ሰላም ፡ መድኃኔ ፡ ዓለም = Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam
- Citations
- AddisMap, accessed December 14, 2021, https://perma.cc/X4SQ-L2LA.
- Description
- Church of the Savior of the World [Madḫānē ʻĀlam], quarter of Gulalē
- Citations
- William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. II: Project Numbers 301-700 (Collegeville: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1976), 282, https://archive.org/details/EMMLCatalog02.
- Description
- Kechene Medhane Alem
- Citations
- Google Maps, accessed December 14, 2021.
- Description
- Debre Selam Medhane Alem
- Citations
- Haile Gabriel Dagne, "The Establishment of Churches in Addis Ababa," in Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Centenary of Addis Ababa, November 24-25, 1986 (Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1987), 69.
- Citations
- EMML 544, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed January 12, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/202383.
Preferred citation
"Qaċanē Dabra Salām Madḫānē Ālam Church." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 21, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/254220551734
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-12-14
- Last edited
- 2022-03-21