Stock Photo - Debre Berhan Selassie Church in Gonder The interior of the church is covered with paintings showing stories from the old and the new testament as well as miracles from different saints The paintings are painted on a fabric, which was glued to the wall Unique is the ceiling with more than 100 faces of angels looking down on the believers All persons are of black skin and african hairstyle Debre Berhan Selassie Church is considered to be the most beautiful example of ethiopian religious art of the 18th century Nearly all churches of this region have been destroyed as marauding islamic troops supporting the Mahdi invaded Gonder area from Sudan around 1880 Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gonder, September 2010