Track I — Classical Ge’ez
Learn to read the fidel and pray in the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Church. Three lessons with a printable alphabet chart.
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Learning, in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, was never a possession to be sold; it was a trust to be shared. The Caribbean Open Learning Initiative carries that conviction to the islands and the diaspora: every course here is free, openly licensed, and offered in the languages of the communities we serve.
We begin with what our tradition knows best — the sacred languages and the sacred books — and we build outward, course by course, so that anyone with a connection and the will to learn can study at no cost and keep what they learn forever.
Learn to read the fidel and pray in the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Church. Three lessons with a printable alphabet chart.
Begin the course →A guided reading of three works the Ethiopian Church preserved that the wider world nearly lost — the Kebra Nagast, Enoch, and Jubilees.
Enter the course →Public-domain primary texts and readings of the Ethiopian tradition, annotated for newcomers.
Browse the library →Read real Ge’ez manuscripts on the page, and find your way into the world’s digitised collections.
Open the archive →