Debre Sina Maryam church, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (photo)

Debre Sina Maryam church, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Souvenir saleswomen next to the monastery of Debram Maryam on Lake Tana. The islands of Lake Tana house monasteries of the s. XIII and XIV, even inhabited by monks and nuns (separated, of course), who follow a life apart and, better said, monastic ... surprises the thinness of some of them, who are kept with a handful of grain a day and a little more! They were flooded by hermits of early Christianity who sought a place to retreat from the earthly world, and there pilgrims still approach, especially on designated dates.