Dressed head to toe in white, hundreds of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians packed tightly into Washington, D.C.’s DSK Mariam Church to sing hymns in the ancient language Ge’ez, to pray, and to stand vigil as their Easter Sunday unfolded. The celebration of Christ’s resurrection, a core belief known as Fasika in Amharic, is observed a week after Catholic and Protestant Easter. For some members of the church, hardships were greater this year as Ethiopian communities in the U.S. faced efforts from the Trump administration to revoke temporary protected status for over 5,000 people from Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News April 13, 2026 12:20 UTC