Irmgard Bidder draw in 1958 a report of the position of the churches in Lalibela.
The First group (1), SE section, consists of a group of five churches including Bete Amanuel, Bete Mercoreus, Bete Libanos, Bete Gabriel, and Bete Lehem.
The Second group (2) of five churches, NW section, are all organized around the Grave of Adam, it includes the double-church Bete Golgotha and Bete Mikael as well as Bete Mariam, Bete Denagel, Bete Maskal and Bete Medhani-Alem.
The single church of Bete Giyorgis (3) stays distant and alone, it’s the best known of the rock medieval ethiopian churches.