Yelet Giorgis Church, Bulga

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Yelet Giorgis Church, Bulga is a church of over 2500 members in Yelet, Bulga, Ethiopia. The church is dedicated to St George. The church body has been in existence since the [[17th century]. The first building, a traditional circular thatch roof church, burnt down in 1950. A modern, iron roof church was built in its place by Dejazmatch Kidane Woldemedhin and dedicated in [[1956].This building was erected on the same church site and served its community for a further 51 years untila more modern, 8-sided stone building was built in its place during the years 2004-2007. The new church was dedicated on 23rd Tikmt 2000 (Ethiopian calendar), which corresponds to 3 November 2007 in the Gregorian calendar.

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