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See also Debre Libanos -LRB- Eritrea -RRB- for another monastery of the same name .. monastery. monastery. Debre Libanos -LRB- ደብረ ሊባኖስ , Dabra Libanos -RRB- is a monastery in Ethiopia , lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region .. monastery. monastery. Ethiopia. Ethiopia. Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa. Semien Shewa Zone. Semien Shewa Zone ( Oromia ). Oromia Region. Oromia Region. Founded in the 13th century by Saint Tekle Haymanot , according to myth , he meditated in a cave for 29 years .. Tekle Haymanot. Tekle Haymanot. The monastery 's chief abbot , called the Ichege , was the second most powerful official in the Ethiopian Church after the Abuna .. monastery. monastery. Ichege. Ichege. Ethiopian Church. Ethiopian Church. Abuna. Abuna. The monastery complex sits on a terrace between a cliff and the gorge of one of the tributaries of the Abbay River .. monastery. monastery. Abbay River. Abbay River. None of the original buildings of Debre Libanos survive , although David Buxton suspected `` there are interesting things still to be found among the neighbouring cliffs . ''. Current buildings include the church over Tekle Haymanot 's tomb , which Emperor Haile Selassie ordered constructed in 1961 ; a slightly older Church of the Cross , where Buxton was told a fragment of the True Cross is preserved ; and five religious schools .. Tekle Haymanot. Tekle Haymanot. Haile Selassie. Haile Selassie. True Cross. True Cross. The cave where the saint lived is in the nearby cliffs , which one travel guide describes as a five-minute walk away .. This cave contains a spring , whose water is considered holy and is the object of pilgrimages .. holy. Holy water. According to David Buxton , the original route to Debre Libanos was through a cleft in the cliffs that line the eastern side of the Abay .. In the later 20th century a road was laid from the main Addis Ababa -- Debre Marqos highway to the monastery ; it is a little more than four kilometers long .. monastery. monastery. Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa. Debre Marqos. Debre Marqos