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20/01/12. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival of Timket is celebrated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Worshippers, priests, deacons and visiting clergy gather on Jan Meda and congregate around the pool and compound from where the Patriarch blesses and baptises the faithful. Picture shows the crowd being blessed with holy water from the compund pool. Photo credit: Jane Hobson
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