MariaRegina
11th April 2008, 10:05 PM
This may be old news, so forgive me, but I have not heard of this miraculous occurrence.
http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/12282
Ethiopia: Dreamer helps unearth ancient church
Posted on Wednesday 17 October 2007 - 10:57 (http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/7721#m7721)
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2374 messages (http://www.africanews.com/site/find/poster/255/topics)Tedla Desta, AfricaNews reporter in Addis Ababa, photo: Karel Kieckens
Almost a year ago, a buried church was unearthed in Ethiopia.The church has invaluable historical and cultural value. Striking is that the unearthing is initiated by a man with a dream, as Africanews reporter Tedla Desta found out.
http://www.africanews.com/documents/99/8d/998d5312667d44cc6368b321b8096c93.article.jpg
However, he had to persue his mission and walk from the upper to the lower official’s chest of drawers but to no avail until finally he went to journalists (the 4th estate). It was then that he realized that media has actually the power to bring about change.
From this time onwards the ears and eyes of the executives, congregates and the society at large started to open very widely.
Following his insistent claim that he is being haunted by a recurrent dream, that the Virgin Mary was speaking to him about a buried temple, Kasim Alemu Ahmed, with the assistance of the government, interested people and residents of Bole Sub City, Kebele 19, finally unearthed a year ago a buried church, human remains and artefacts.
Kasim, a Muslim in his mid forties, said he has been having the same dream for the past seven years.
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http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/12282
Ethiopia: Dreamer helps unearth ancient church
Posted on Wednesday 17 October 2007 - 10:57 (http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/7721#m7721)
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2374 messages (http://www.africanews.com/site/find/poster/255/topics)Tedla Desta, AfricaNews reporter in Addis Ababa, photo: Karel Kieckens
Almost a year ago, a buried church was unearthed in Ethiopia.The church has invaluable historical and cultural value. Striking is that the unearthing is initiated by a man with a dream, as Africanews reporter Tedla Desta found out.
http://www.africanews.com/documents/99/8d/998d5312667d44cc6368b321b8096c93.article.jpg
However, he had to persue his mission and walk from the upper to the lower official’s chest of drawers but to no avail until finally he went to journalists (the 4th estate). It was then that he realized that media has actually the power to bring about change.
From this time onwards the ears and eyes of the executives, congregates and the society at large started to open very widely.
Following his insistent claim that he is being haunted by a recurrent dream, that the Virgin Mary was speaking to him about a buried temple, Kasim Alemu Ahmed, with the assistance of the government, interested people and residents of Bole Sub City, Kebele 19, finally unearthed a year ago a buried church, human remains and artefacts.
Kasim, a Muslim in his mid forties, said he has been having the same dream for the past seven years.
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