A delegation from Howard University Divinity School has returned an ancient manuscript to an Ethiopian monastery after scholars discovered its place of origin. The manuscript contains two texts ...

Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at what many believe is the site of Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on a wooden ...

The monastery is located within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Christian Quarter next to the Chapel of Saint Helena, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.. The Ethiopian monks set up a ...

In a centuries-long conflict, Egyptian Coptic monks and Ethiopian Orthodox monks have competed for the control of a small monastery located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built ...

Sister Guèbrou, meanwhile, spent long stretches in solitude inside the Ethiopian Monastery of Debre Genet, or Sanctuary of Paradise, in Jerusalem, where she lived since 1984 in a single room ...

Over the centuries, the Church in Ethiopia developed unique practices and beliefs, blending elements of Judaism, Christianity and Indigenous Ethiopian traditions.

JERUSALEM — Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at the site of Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on a wooden chair ...

The Ethiopian Heritage Fund announced in 2010 that it hopes to build a small museum at the monastery to not only house the newly restored Gospels but to enable visitors to view them.

He said the just-returned Tweed manuscript was ordered by the 15th-century abbot of the monastery, who was the indigenous leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church at the time.

In a centurieslong conflict, Egyptian Coptic monks and Ethiopian Orthodox monks have competed for control of a small monastery located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built at the ...

If you are to ever make it to the Abuna Garima monastery in Ethiopia’s Tigrai Highlands, you would find a book that is highly revered by local monks and believed to be one of the Christian world ...