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
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/254220551734
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
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022004426
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/78164294737408410470

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
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Countries
Languages
Fields of activity

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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

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