(1/22/2017) Wedding in St Mary of Zion church, Aksum, Ethiopia. The drums play in the modern church of St Mary of Zion at the time when some boyfriends are about to marry. The dances and the vestments of the guests dazzle any visitor, especially the foreigners. The holiest shrine in Ethiopia is the Church of St. Mary of Zion in the city of Axum, there the Ethiopians say that the true Ark of the Covenant of the people of Israel is found and mentioned in the Old Testament. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church maintains that they are the depositaries of the Ark in Santa Maria de Sion, but there are several other alternative hypotheses on the mysterious whereabouts of the Ark. (Photo by Sergi Reboredo) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***