Debre Gannet Church, Ethiopian Orthodox church in West Jerusalem, Israel

Debre Gannet Church is a Byzantine Revival structure in Jerusalem with a circular footprint and a dome reaching 30 meters in height. The interior layout uses three concentric rings to organize distinct liturgical spaces where religious services take place.

Emperor Yohannes IV used war booty from his conflict with Egypt to buy land north of Jerusalem's Old City in 1888. He died in battle the next year, and his successor Menelik II saw the church inaugurated in 1893. Menelik also built the neighbouring house at Ethiopia Street 8 as rental property to fund the church.

The name Kidane Mehret is Ge'ez for "Covenant of Mercy", from the tradition that Jesus promised his mother to forgive the sins of those who seek her intercession. The feast of Our Lady of the Covenant of Mercy falls on 16 Yekatit, now 24 February, or 25 February in leap years. A relief of a lion, symbol of the Ethiopian empire, stands above the entrances.

Check local information about visiting times, as services follow the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar and daily prayer schedules. The complex houses a monastic community, so visitors should approach respectfully during their spiritual practices.

The bell tower stands outside the church building, next to the monks' quarters, and a relief of a lion, symbol of the Ethiopian Empire, is set above the entrances alongside inscriptions in several languages. A nearby building at Ethiopia Street 8 was built by Emperor Menelik II as rental flats whose income funded the church.