I am a Syriac Orthodox Christian, the Syriac-Aramaic language is my mothertongue. We Syriac-Aramaic speaking Christians (Assyrians/Chaldeans) Respect our Indian Brothers for keeping the language of Christ alive. God Bless you all, Shlomo l'kulkhun
@@jacobbaradaeus6250We should all support the World Council of Arameans in their efforts to have an Aramean nation. Already they have an observer status in UN. If Israel can become a nation after so many centuries in exile why not an Aramean nation for the Orthodox christians. Remember that the present day Turkiye, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan , Lebanon were almost 100 % christian once. Let us all start praying for the Aramean nation and also give publicity for the same.
I am impressed by these people. I understand the language to a large extent, so memorising is easier, but for these they have memorised the prayers and chant this beautifully in faith like angels, while speaking a completely different language. They have managed to keep the Antiochene practice of the whole congregation responding, which our churches have struggled with post genocide. God bless our brothers and sisters in India, may the church prosper and spread her wings all over India so they may be saved!
@@zenjm6496 Specifically the Assyrian genocide of 1915. However this last century has been marked by persecution, massacres like those in Simele and Araden, and Arabisation efforts imposed on us by state authorities
@al4381 God Bless you, our Aramean brethren, the first to accept Christ, the people whose language He spoke, the people of Abraham and Jacob from whom the Hebrews were descended. Blessed are we for worshipping in your beautiful language, the holiest of all holy tongues.
It is not a holy ‘mass’. It is a Holy Qurbono/Qurbana. That is, a Holy Sacrifice. Holy Sacrifice is the proper term. Divine Liturgy or Holy Eucharist are both acceptable. Holy ‘Mass’ is not. Mass, comes from the Latin ‘Missal’, that is Dismissal. A Holy ‘Mass’ literally means Holy Dismissal. No, thanks. Let the Latins keep their strange terminologies and ways.
VERY NICE TO HEAR THE CHANTING IN WEST SYRIAC (ANTIOCH LITURGY) DEVOTIONAL ,FEEL HEAVENLY ATMOSPHERE . WE SHOULD KEEP UP THIS TRADITION SO THAT OUR NEXT GENERATIONS WILL ALSO KNOW THEIR PAST GENERATIONS
Very interesting to hear a service in Syriac. The Indian church still follows the customs they had inherited during the 1st century from the refugees who came to south India after destruction of the 2nd temple.
Where did so called St. Thomas come from ? Heaven ? Are you trying to deny the migration of people from middle east during the 1st century? Who taught the people in South India syriac ?
This beautiful Qurbano is west Syriac liturgical adopted into Indian soil in 16-17 century. Not the East Syriac liturgy which is practiced in India, China, Persia, Assiria and Mespetomia for nearly 2000 years, which is currently used by Syro Malabar, Chaldean, Assyrian churches
@@georgecherian6520 You are wrong about language of Aramaic and Syriac both these languages was spoken as lingua franca before Jesus Christ ..people of India was speaking Aramaic before Jesus Christ .St Thomas just passed on the Good News to the People of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu)..as per Edict of Emperor Ashoka three language was spoken as official language Aramaic,Greek and Prakrit.
KIRYELEYSON KIRYELEYSON KIRYELEYSON LINDASALOHO MERYEM U LI MORAN YESOGIMSIHO AMIN:SILOME ALMANYA AHUNONE MISIHOYE FUSU BISLOMO ONO ME TURABDIN KOFOYESNO BALMANYA
This is a beautiful service. Thank you for sharing with us. Could you tell us where we could get the acutal lyrics to the songs or provide a link to the syriac phrasing.
Good initiative.Highly Appreciable.Well done Doha But there is a feeling as most people recited Syriac in a parrot fashion( without knowing the meaning of the language).Konat Achen knows Syriac,but that is not the case with laity. The purpose of Holy Mass celebration is fulfilled only when the people understanding complete meaning of what is recited.So Malayalam or English is more ideal.
Those who is attending the Malayalam Quarbana and actively participating from the beginning can understand what each chant and songs means and its Malayalam song . So all the laity might be facing problem in this service . i agree with you it may be difficult to understand to those people regularly coming to the church in the middle and stand silently without active participation . Even by hearing today this video i have nostalgia feelings . if it was like that for me what might be for the most of the people attended this service.Once a while those who want to attend or participate this is good . But no point to tell to those even dont know the chants and prayer in Malayalam.
Syriac is the mother tongue of the Assyrian people and despite that only 10% of us understand the qurbono. This is classical syriac and not the Surayt that we speak. These people of the Malayalam churches probably understand more than we do, even though it's our mother tounge.
This beautiful Qurbano is west Syriac liturgical adopted into Indian soil in 16-17 century. Not the East Syriac liturgy which is practiced in India, China, Persia, Assiria and Mespetomia for nearly 2000 years, which is currently used by Syro Malabar, Chaldean, Assyrian churches
Church of India was colonized by the Roman (Latin) Catholic church and brought under the Roman/Latin Pope with the support of the Portughese in the 15th century. Part of the Malankara Church threw away this Roman/Latin yoke and came into communion with the west Syriac Orthodox Church around 1653; the other part continued to be under the Roman/Lain yoke till they gained limited autonomy as a sui juris church in 1992. However even today their ethos is primarily Latin (rosary, statues, curifixes, sacred heart, 40 hour adorations, revelations of fatima, lourde etc) especially in their Major-Archdiocese of Ernakulam/Angamaly. It is true that immediately prior to Roman colonization, the liturgical traditions in Malankara was East Syriac. There is no doubt about that. We are not sure about the liturgical practices in the first 1000 years of Christianity in India. There is some indication that there could have been a west Syriac presence in the AD 600s . The Archives of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has documented proof about an Indian priest, unable to go to the Patriarch of Antioch (by that time Muslim conquest had already occurred) ; alternatively approaching the Coptic Patriarch for episcopal ordination. The Patriarch of Alexandria ordained him as Bishop for India in AD 695. The Coptic Orthodox Church was in communion only with the West Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and was not in communion with the East Syriac Assyrian Church of the East.
LoL Really... still following East syriac liturgy, please don't tell truth's like this truth teller. Right now your 'syro' in syro-malabar is just a wording made by yourself to segregate you from Latin Catholics, Nothing more than that.
@@MalankaraSyriacOrthodox Full of Manipulation. Fascist misinterpretation and twisting of Church history from #Malankara_Syriac_Orthodox 's part What?????!!!!!! _Indian Church wasn't East Syriac before 1000AD!!!!_ Is there any proof to justify your assertion and nullify the real and general history that Indian Church was always under East Syriac Church of Babylon??? _Indian Church was in communion with Oriental orthodox in 600AD!!!_ Then why doesn't Jacob Burddana of the Jacobite Church never noted the Church in India, reality is that he was unaware. He consecrated rebell bishops for all eparchies of the Church of the East and the Miaphysites even consecrated a rebell Catholicos in 628, but non for India!!! _And Catholic Church in India formed only after Portugese_ !!!!! Then who were Mar Abraham, Mar Joseph, Mar Denha, Mar Elia... and other bishops, they were all Catholics under Roman Pope. And Mar Abidisho Maran Patriarch was also Catholic. How can you say that they were Portugese!!!! And if Portugese forced people into their Church then how did the majority came to them, how could they protect their liturgy till now??? If they used force then how did the Puthenkoottu faction got 32 churches out of 118 churches?? If they had protected liturgy, then why did they convert their liturgy after 1665 from Babilonian to Antiochene and faith from Chalcedonian to miaphysite non-Chalcedonian???? And during 1660s, it wasn't Portugese who were in power but Dutch. Portugese strongholds were limitted into regions of Goa and Pondicherry only. And what about Council of Chalcedon!!! The Oriental orthodox doesn't accept it, but Church in Kerala did and does in Syro Malabar. And Oriental orthodox in Kerala are Puthenkoottu who are actually power greedy people established in 1665 under Archdeacon Thoma and Abdul Jaleel bishop. They haven't stopped their greed for power and property till now. It is evident from Church fight in Kerala. *SHAME* !!!
@@jibinbabu3756 You respect the orthodox in India for what?? For their 1665's newly introduced Amtiochene liturgy which is actually just a Syriac translation of Greek Liturgy!!! Or For their never ending greed for power and property as seen in their shameless fight for churches even in the 21st century. Syriac tradition and the whole Christianity in kerala is becoming insulted due to their shameless lust. Is this for what you respect!!! What they deserve is mocking.
Just like Sanskrit is a sacred language for Hindus, Arabic for Muslims,Syriac/Aramaic is one of the holy languages for Christians. It is the language which Jesus spoke and preached, and it was spoken in kerala since jews were present
Syriac is originated from the aramaic language. Aramaics have existed since about 3500 BC and the language too but the letters came about a couple of hundred years later after Christs birth. Arabic is based from the aramaic letters and before arabic started to grow (after muhammads time and the quran was written) the arabic language was so weak they borrowed many words such as the name of the quran. Quran comes frm the word: Qerowo whoch means reading. About 1250 words in the quran are taken and used from the aramaic language
azse bekal Suriyani, Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages and they belong to the same family just like the four South Indian languages which belong to the Dravidian family.
Where does the Indian Orthodox make fun of the Jacobite Church for using Syriac? I think you are referring to the IOC advocating for more Malayalam but that does not mean we want to get rid of Syriac.
Eldho Thomas regarding the Syriac language..I haven't ever heard anyone make fun of the Jacobite church for the use of Syriac language. it's a beautiful language and given the chance to learn it I definitely would. who says we don't adhere to the patriarch. we consider him our spiritual rather and pray for them in the first thubden. a better way to put it is sovereignty of leadership under the spiritual guidance of the patriarch. and regarding faith..we follow the same faith as the Jacobite church. if u believe we are leading believers astray then that speaks against both our faiths. instead of useless squabbling like this we should strive to bring more people to the true faith. god bless.
No point! How many of those in the congregation understand Syriac language? Just blind recitation without knowing the meaning Will definitely not serve any purpose......
+Nidhin Olikara,my friend....I bet even you don't understand Syriac language. If you do then you should correct the Children in the choir about their pronunciations (mother tongue influence while singing)....It's always better to praise God in the language you are good in. I'm not criticizing anyone here, just telling the facts.
Your comment would be valid if Syriac is being sung or Qurbana conducted in Syriac in even 25% churches in Kerala. No sir, the number does not even come to 1 church save for a token once a year syriac qurbana in 1 or 2 churches. So I prefer to encourage good things when they start. And Malayalees will speak syriac with malayalee accent as Iraqi, Assyrian or Turkish Syrian christians dpeak syriac in their own accents.
And no like 99.9999% kerala christians, I dont understand syriac but would like to and I believe exercises as this qurbana or choir will help kindle my interest in it.
I am a Syriac Orthodox Christian, the Syriac-Aramaic language is my mothertongue. We Syriac-Aramaic speaking Christians (Assyrians/Chaldeans) Respect our Indian Brothers for keeping the language of Christ alive. God Bless you all, Shlomo l'kulkhun
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@bethnahrain6459 Shlomo, brother. May God preserve the Aramean nation, the nation of Abraham and Jacob, until His return.
@@jacobbaradaeus6250 Amin ahuno.
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@@jacobbaradaeus6250We should all support the World Council of Arameans in their efforts to have an Aramean nation. Already they have an observer status in UN. If Israel can become a nation after so many centuries in exile why not an Aramean nation for the Orthodox christians. Remember that the present day Turkiye, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan , Lebanon were almost 100 % christian once. Let us all start praying for the Aramean nation and also give publicity for the same.
I am impressed by these people. I understand the language to a large extent, so memorising is easier, but for these they have memorised the prayers and chant this beautifully in faith like angels, while speaking a completely different language. They have managed to keep the Antiochene practice of the whole congregation responding, which our churches have struggled with post genocide. God bless our brothers and sisters in India, may the church prosper and spread her wings all over India so they may be saved!
Very very good, Amen
Genocide?
@@zenjm6496 Specifically the Assyrian genocide of 1915. However this last century has been marked by persecution, massacres like those in Simele and Araden, and Arabisation efforts imposed on us by state authorities
@al4381 God Bless you, our Aramean brethren, the first to accept Christ, the people whose language He spoke, the people of Abraham and Jacob from whom the Hebrews were descended. Blessed are we for worshipping in your beautiful language, the holiest of all holy tongues.
This is only clear hearing syric Qurbano in youtube , thankyou. God bless us all.
Brother reading the Sixth Thubden has my voice and tune exactly !! God bless him.
Excellent. God Bless all of you for celebrating the Holy Eucharist in this Holy Language without mistakes.
Excellent holy mass
It is not a holy ‘mass’. It is a Holy Qurbono/Qurbana. That is, a Holy Sacrifice. Holy Sacrifice is the proper term. Divine Liturgy or Holy Eucharist are both acceptable. Holy ‘Mass’ is not.
Mass, comes from the Latin ‘Missal’, that is Dismissal. A Holy ‘Mass’ literally means Holy Dismissal. No, thanks. Let the Latins keep their strange terminologies and ways.
Jacobite Syriac Orthodox people conduct the best mass in Kerala. Congrats ❤️☦️
Such a beautiful qurbana I ever heard... that priest is godly......
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Our own konat malphono 😊
Long live Syrian orthodox liturgy and Syrian orthodox patriarchate
VERY NICE TO HEAR THE CHANTING IN WEST SYRIAC (ANTIOCH LITURGY) DEVOTIONAL ,FEEL HEAVENLY ATMOSPHERE . WE SHOULD KEEP UP THIS TRADITION SO THAT OUR NEXT GENERATIONS WILL ALSO KNOW THEIR PAST GENERATIONS
Definitely
Very interesting to hear a service in Syriac. The Indian church still follows the customs they had inherited during the 1st century from the refugees who came to south India after destruction of the 2nd temple.
George Cherian The Indian Orthodox Church follows customs taught by St Thomas the Apostle and not that of any refugee.
Where did so called St. Thomas come from ? Heaven ? Are you trying to deny the migration of people from middle east during the 1st century? Who taught the people in South India syriac ?
This beautiful Qurbano is west Syriac liturgical adopted into Indian soil in 16-17 century. Not the East Syriac liturgy which is practiced in India, China, Persia, Assiria and Mespetomia for nearly 2000 years, which is currently used by Syro Malabar, Chaldean, Assyrian churches
it is practiced from 4th century why syriac merchant kananya tomma came to kerala
@@georgecherian6520 You are wrong about language of Aramaic and Syriac both these languages was spoken as lingua franca before Jesus Christ ..people of India was speaking Aramaic before Jesus Christ .St Thomas just passed on the Good News to the People of India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu)..as per Edict of Emperor Ashoka three language was spoken as official language Aramaic,Greek and Prakrit.
Johns achan reaally sweet voice
13:10 💖💖
آمين
Amen
Just awesome.
super....,.......... super..
Beautiful!
I love you ❣️❣️❣️ God bless you 💕💕💕💕 all 💖💖
Ave Christus Rex.
Ave Maria
really nice................
KIRYELEYSON KIRYELEYSON KIRYELEYSON LINDASALOHO MERYEM U LI MORAN YESOGIMSIHO AMIN:SILOME ALMANYA AHUNONE MISIHOYE FUSU BISLOMO ONO ME TURABDIN KOFOYESNO BALMANYA
This is a beautiful service. Thank you for sharing with us. Could you tell us where we could get the acutal lyrics to the songs or provide a link to the syriac phrasing.
th-cam.com/video/8Cm2cptQbYM/w-d-xo.html
very beautiful
Nice
Is this malankara Orthodox Church..
yes it is , also know as Indian Orthodox Church, formed by St. Thomas .
shotokan kicker Sorry, formed by who? Last time I checked Dionysius Vattaseril (founder of IOC) wasn’t Mor Thoma Sleeho.
@@Anonymous-lz3uu
Last time I checked the Syriac Orthodox was founded by St. Jacob Baradeus.
Yes
YeZ
Beautiful indeed
Oliver Loi fgbcc
what is fgbcc?
ഇടക്ക് മലയാളം കൊണ്ട് വന്നു എല്ലാം കുളം ആക്കി
Amén ♥
nice......!
Heavenly mass
Not a mass. Heavenly Qurbana, yes
very good voice
Pwliii
Hi I was wondering if any one have a pdf of the qurabana book in Syriac written in English or in Malayalam
superb
nice
ܬܰܘܕܺܝ ܣܰܓܐܶ
Savden saga ..What does that menas
It says "tavdi sagi" which means thanks alot or thank you very much
very nice
Holy qurbana
Heavenly experience…is there any chance to get a pdf version of the Qurbono
Amine alleluia alleluia alleluia
Very nice
Can you please send this video
Hi. Is it possible to get a pdf copy of the Qurbana Kramam (at least all the Songs) in Syriac used in our Holy Qurbana?
suriyani. malayalathil....????
Good initiative.Highly Appreciable.Well done Doha
But there is a feeling as most people recited Syriac in a parrot fashion( without knowing the meaning of the language).Konat Achen knows Syriac,but that is not the case with laity.
The purpose of Holy Mass celebration is fulfilled only when the people understanding complete meaning of what is recited.So Malayalam or English is more ideal.
thoma thoma Very Nice
Those who is attending the Malayalam Quarbana and actively participating from the beginning can understand what each chant and songs means and its Malayalam song . So all the laity might be facing problem in this service . i agree with you it may be difficult to understand to those people regularly coming to the church in the middle and stand silently without active participation . Even by hearing today this video i have nostalgia feelings . if it was like that for me what might be for the most of the people attended this service.Once a while those who want to attend or participate this is good . But no point to tell to those even dont know the chants and prayer in Malayalam.
Malayalam eppozum undallo bro ..vallaozelum suriyani vendayoo
Syriac is the mother tongue of the Assyrian people and despite that only 10% of us understand the qurbono. This is classical syriac and not the Surayt that we speak. These people of the Malayalam churches probably understand more than we do, even though it's our mother tounge.
This beautiful Qurbano is west Syriac liturgical adopted into Indian soil in 16-17 century. Not the East Syriac liturgy which is practiced in India, China, Persia, Assiria and Mespetomia for nearly 2000 years, which is currently used by Syro Malabar, Chaldean, Assyrian churches
Church of India was colonized by the Roman (Latin) Catholic church and brought under the Roman/Latin Pope with the support of the Portughese in the 15th century. Part of the Malankara Church threw away this Roman/Latin yoke and came into communion with the west Syriac Orthodox Church around 1653; the other part continued to be under the Roman/Lain yoke till they gained limited autonomy as a sui juris church in 1992. However even today their ethos is primarily Latin (rosary, statues, curifixes, sacred heart, 40 hour adorations, revelations of fatima, lourde etc) especially in their Major-Archdiocese of Ernakulam/Angamaly.
It is true that immediately prior to Roman colonization, the liturgical traditions in Malankara was East Syriac. There is no doubt about that. We are not sure about the liturgical practices in the first 1000 years of Christianity in India.
There is some indication that there could have been a west Syriac presence in the AD 600s . The Archives of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has documented proof about an Indian priest, unable to go to the Patriarch of Antioch (by that time Muslim conquest had already occurred) ; alternatively approaching the Coptic Patriarch for episcopal ordination. The Patriarch of Alexandria ordained him as Bishop for India in AD 695. The Coptic Orthodox Church was in communion only with the West Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and was not in communion with the East Syriac Assyrian Church of the East.
truth teller ppp999pp
LoL Really... still following East syriac liturgy, please don't tell truth's like this truth teller. Right now your 'syro' in syro-malabar is just a wording made by yourself to segregate you from Latin Catholics, Nothing more than that.
@@MalankaraSyriacOrthodox
Full of Manipulation. Fascist misinterpretation and twisting of Church history from #Malankara_Syriac_Orthodox 's part
What?????!!!!!!
_Indian Church wasn't East Syriac before 1000AD!!!!_ Is there any proof to justify your assertion and nullify the real and general history that Indian Church was always under East Syriac Church of Babylon???
_Indian Church was in communion with Oriental orthodox in 600AD!!!_ Then why doesn't Jacob Burddana of the Jacobite Church never noted the Church in India, reality is that he was unaware. He consecrated rebell bishops for all eparchies of the Church of the East and the Miaphysites even consecrated a rebell Catholicos in 628, but non for India!!!
_And Catholic Church in India formed only after Portugese_ !!!!!
Then who were Mar Abraham, Mar Joseph, Mar Denha, Mar Elia... and other bishops, they were all Catholics under Roman Pope. And Mar Abidisho Maran Patriarch was also Catholic. How can you say that they were Portugese!!!!
And if Portugese forced people into their Church then how did the majority came to them, how could they protect their liturgy till now??? If they used force then how did the Puthenkoottu faction got 32 churches out of 118 churches?? If they had protected liturgy, then why did they convert their liturgy after 1665 from Babilonian to Antiochene and faith from Chalcedonian to miaphysite non-Chalcedonian????
And during 1660s, it wasn't Portugese who were in power but Dutch. Portugese strongholds were limitted into regions of Goa and Pondicherry only.
And what about Council of Chalcedon!!! The Oriental orthodox doesn't accept it, but Church in Kerala did and does in Syro Malabar.
And Oriental orthodox in Kerala are Puthenkoottu who are actually power greedy people established in 1665 under Archdeacon Thoma and Abdul Jaleel bishop. They haven't stopped their greed for power and property till now. It is evident from Church fight in Kerala. *SHAME* !!!
@@jibinbabu3756
You respect the orthodox in India for what?? For their 1665's newly introduced Amtiochene liturgy which is actually just a Syriac translation of Greek Liturgy!!! Or
For their never ending greed for power and property as seen in their shameless fight for churches even in the 21st century. Syriac tradition and the whole Christianity in kerala is becoming insulted due to their shameless lust.
Is this for what you respect!!! What they deserve is mocking.
Could anyone at MOC Doha please upload a pdf copy. An excellent holy mass in suriyani.
@wessehchea4785 It is not a Holy Mass. It is a Holy Qurbono. That is, a Holy Sacrifice. Mass is a Latin term that means dismissal.
Please upload a pdf copy in manglish and english.
Enthinu ee videsa bhasha? Nammal Indiakkar. Make a mass in Sanskrit
Just like Sanskrit is a sacred language for Hindus, Arabic for Muslims,Syriac/Aramaic is one of the holy languages for Christians. It is the language which Jesus spoke and preached, and it was spoken in kerala since jews were present
@@chrisjoseph9938 I was making fun of those pseudo national Christians
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Can someone tell me when people receive communion? I can't see the moment
they receive it after everything ends, just before they leave. it isn't shown here
the readings ARE NOT IN SYRIAC
+manuel varghese philip
THE BIBLE READING AND PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL ARE IN THE MALAYALAM , THE MOTHER TONGUE OF THE COMMUNITY
8:07
it's same like Arabic may it's come from Arabic
Syriac is originated from the aramaic language. Aramaics have existed since about 3500 BC and the language too but the letters came about a couple of hundred years later after Christs birth. Arabic is based from the aramaic letters and before arabic started to grow (after muhammads time and the quran was written) the arabic language was so weak they borrowed many words such as the name of the quran. Quran comes frm the word: Qerowo whoch means reading. About 1250 words in the quran are taken and used from the aramaic language
azse bekal Suriyani, Arabic and Hebrew are Semitic languages and they belong to the same family just like the four South Indian languages which belong to the Dravidian family.
And that family they all belong to is: Anicent aramaic. Thnx for the reminder
വിദേശത്തുന്നു ഒന്നും വേണ്ട കെട്ടോ മക്കളേ
Okkk
😡
ദുബ്ധൻ എങ്കിലും സുറിയാനി ചൊല്ലാൻ പാടില്ലേ
Why are you using Syriac if you continue to make fun of the Jacobite Church for using Syriac?
Where does the Indian Orthodox make fun of the Jacobite Church for using Syriac? I think you are referring to the IOC advocating for more Malayalam but that does not mean we want to get rid of Syriac.
+Gheevarghese John
Why don't you adhere to the Patriarch? What gives you the right to create a new Church and lead believers astray?
Eldho you asked a question, and I answered it. God bless. Fr. G John
Eldho Thomas
regarding the Syriac language..I haven't ever heard anyone make fun of the Jacobite church for the use of Syriac language. it's a beautiful language and given the chance to learn it I definitely would.
who says we don't adhere to the patriarch. we consider him our spiritual rather and pray for them in the first thubden.
a better way to put it is sovereignty of leadership under the spiritual guidance of the patriarch.
and regarding faith..we follow the same faith as the Jacobite church. if u believe we are leading believers astray then that speaks against both our faiths. instead of useless squabbling like this we should strive to bring more people to the true faith. god bless.
Gheevarghese John i
No point!
How many of those in the congregation understand Syriac language? Just blind recitation without knowing the meaning Will definitely not serve any purpose......
+shibu thomas You could start by learning Syriac then. All of us could, for that matter. Sometimes we also learn by listening.
+Nidhin Olikara,my friend....I bet even you don't understand Syriac language. If you do then you should correct the Children in the choir about their pronunciations (mother tongue influence while singing)....It's always better to praise God in the language you are good in. I'm not criticizing anyone here, just telling the facts.
Your comment would be valid if Syriac is being sung or Qurbana conducted in Syriac in even 25% churches in Kerala. No sir, the number does not even come to 1 church save for a token once a year syriac qurbana in 1 or 2 churches. So I prefer to encourage good things when they start. And Malayalees will speak syriac with malayalee accent as Iraqi, Assyrian or Turkish Syrian christians dpeak syriac in their own accents.
And no like 99.9999% kerala christians, I dont understand syriac but would like to and I believe exercises as this qurbana or choir will help kindle my interest in it.
Nidhin Olikara
Amen
Nice
Good