The Estephanos Monastery is on an island in Lake Haik, part of the Tehuledere district in South Wollo where LIVES has one of its project sites. The first church was built in 862 AD; in 1262 AD a monastery was established.
Since then, it delivers spiritual, social, and development activities for the inhabitants of the surrounding area. The monks and hermits started agricultural activities to feed themselves and then continued to set up a farm enterprise that produces various irrigated fruits (papaya, sugarcane, mango, guava, banana, orange, and coffee) and vegetables (cabbage, carrot, and pepper, tomato, onion, potato, and spices) both for themselves and the local markets.
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