Liturgical Calendar

Not all traditions have had the same liturgical cycles and calendars. Distinguish between local and universal feasts and observances. Development of certain feasts occurred over time. Understand difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars. The Malankara Church’s ecclesiastical/ liturgical year starts with the Feast of sanctification of the Church (Qoodosh Etho). The Church has decided that the first Sunday that falls between October 30 and November 5 (inclusive) should be celebrated as the Feast of Sanctification of the Church. By celebrating this feast, the Church sets in motion the new Liturgical year. The liturgical year is divided into six seasons. The first after Qoodosh Etho, the second after Yeldho, the third after Kothine Sunday, the fourth after Qyomtho, the fifth after Pentecost and the sixth after Exaltation of the Cross.

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Reference Materials

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Articles

1. Liturgical Year & Seasons by H. G. Dr. Gabriel Mar Gregorios Metropolitan (MOSC) [Gregorios, H. G. G. M. (n.d.). Liturgical Year & Seasons. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Retrieved July 10, 2021, from https://mosc.in/the_church/liturgy/liturgical-year-seasons]
2. Ahmedabad Diocese Calendar with explanations
3. Liturgical Calendar of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Resources [Joseph, T. (n.d.). Calendars of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Syriac Orthodox Resources. Retrieved July 10, 2021, from https://syriacorthodoxresources.org/Calendar/index.html]

In the past, the Syriac Orthodox calendar was based entirely on the Julian calendar. Even though, the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Mor Ignatius Ni`matallah (d. c. 1587), a learned mathematician and astronomer, was a member of Pope Gregory XIII's commission on the reform of the calendar (after his forced abdication by Islamic extremists and escape to Rome), the Gregorian calendar was not adopted in the Syriac Orthodox Church until the 20th century. In 1955, the immovable feasts came to be celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar (with the exception of the Holy Land where the Syriac Orthodox rights to the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem for Christmas services were traditionally restricted to January 6th). The Julian calendar continues to determine the observation of the Great Lent and Week of Passion. The Church in Malankara switched entirely to the Gregorian calendar in 1953, following Encyclical No. 620 from Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem I, dt. December 1952.

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Scripture

In order to help our children grow in the Orthodox Faith in North America, a decision was made to standardize all materials to the Orthodox Study Bible (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/016/2010, October 28, 2010). Please continue to pray and support the development of a fully approved translation based on the Peshitta, and our textbooks will educate on the various translations and historic development of Scripture.

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Liturgical Resources

The Ministry of Liturgical Resource Development (LRD) was created in July of 2015 (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/10/2015, July 24,2015) to promote the translation, versification, and publication of vital English liturgical resources. Today most of our Sacramental offices are available and the "Service Book of the Holy Qurbono" and "Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer" are available in print. Wherever possible references will be made using LRD resources given the easy access to these materials to the faithful in North America.

Holy Qurbono

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Other Hymns

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Other Prayers

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Promion and Sedro

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Quotes

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Other Quotes

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Syriac and Greek Words

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