Uksum

We have shown and bred cats since 1985, off an on, mostly off with cats just as pets during that time while raising two boys. We have worked with seven breeds of cats over the years, showing three ofthem (Siamese in CFA, Bengal and Abyssinian in TICA and CFA).
During that time we have also helped local humane societies and shelters adopt out their pets, care for them, and have given four ofthem a home here over the years.
Our newest rescue is Second Chance Charlie, a tuxedo black and white cat who was targeted by a bow and arrow hunter and pierced all the way through his body by an arrow.Charlie and I go to shows and other events to raise awareness on the subject of animal cruelty and raise funds to help stop it.
We rescue, foster, and adopt out purebred Abyssinians in the Atlantaarea as well as help local humane societies and shelters.
We also keep a regularly updated state by state list of homeless purebred Abyssinians in shelters and foster homes in the U.S. and Canada.Aksum, also spelled Axum, a powerful kingdom in northern Ethiopia during the early Christian era.
Despite common belief to the contrary, Aksum did not originate from one of the Semitic Sabaeankingdoms of southern Arabia but instead developed as a local power. At its apogee (3rd–6th century ad), Aksum became the greatest market of northeastern Africa; its merchants traded as far as Alexandria andbeyond the Nile River. Aksum continued to dominate the Red Sea coast until the end of the 9th century, exercising its influence from the shores of the Gulf of Aden to Zeila on the northern coast ofSomaliland (modern Somalia and Djibouti).
During the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad, its growth as a trading empire increasingly impinged on the power of the kingdom of Meroe, the fall of which was broughtabout in the 4th century by an Aksumite invasion.


Obelisk at Aksum

AKSUM ZION CHURCH
~St. Mary Church of Zion
The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion (“Igzi’itne Maryam S’iyon Yeityop'iya...