Debre Mariam Korkor rock hewn church, described by David Buxton, the author of ‘ The Rock-Hewn and Other Medieval Churches of Tigre Province, Ethiopia’, as “one of the many important shrines in Gheralta”, is a rock church situated on one of the high mountains of Gheralta just overlooking the village of Megab, 8kms south of Hawzien. An hour’s climb from the village brings you to the church.
The church of Mariam Korkor faces west and it has a white washed façade of a built structure. It is one of the biggest and most complex rock- hewn churches of Tigrai. The interior of the church is 9.4m wide, 17m deep series of beautifully decorated arches. The arches and ceiling of the church are decorated with bas reliefs