Armed with a bamboo ink pen and a steady hand, Ethiopian Orthodox priest Zelalem Mola carefully copies text in the ancient scriptural language Geez from a religious book onto a goatskin parchment.

Ethiopian literature has been characterized for many centuries by the unchallenged sway Ge'ez or the language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church held over all aspects of intellectual life including ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During ...

How does someone teach a language when we have no idea what it might actually sound like? That’s one of the questions for U of T’s Robert Holmsted, who’s teaching the university’s course on the ...

Every year, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Christians celebrate a special holiday on September 28, (would have been on September 29, had it been a leap year) called Meskel. Meskel is a Geez word; ...

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