Holy Qurbana

Meaning of Holy Qurbana, symbolism and meaning behind the items used (holy altar, holy cross, candles, kasa, peelassa, marbahasa, dhupakutti, holy vestments etc.), the parts of HQ and what they symbolize (Ex- in the beginning of the service the deacon who holds the candle in front of the priest is symbolic of John the Baptist paving the way), Thooyobo; Liturgy of the Word; Liturgy of the Upper Room; Procession of the Holy Elements and Expression of Thankfulness, Post Communion; Preparation for Holy Qurbana for the faithful and Participation of the living and the departed

Teacher Training and Resources

• TTC stuff

Reference Materials

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Articles

1. Articles

Videos

1. Videos

Podcasts

1. Podcasts

Book Excerpts

1. Eucharistic Renewal (from "The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom Paperback" by Alexander Schmemann)

Other Resources

1. Orthodox Resource Guide, Fr. Abey George (pages 80-90)
2. A Devotional Study of the Holy Qurbana, HG Mathews Mar Barnabas
3. In Spirit, In Truth, A Study of Orthodox Worship by Fr. Baby Varghese

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

• Other Prayers

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Promion and Sedro

• Great Friday - Morning Prayer Etro

Christ our God, we offer this fragrant incense to You and entreat Your loving kindness to make us worthy that with purity, we may celebrate the feast of the conclusion of the Old (Covenant) and the beginning of the New, and Your Holy Body and Your Innocent Blood be mixed with our souls, and it may be for the remission of all our transgressions, and for the rest of our faithful departed. We and they will offer You glory and praise and to Your Father."

Quotes

Patristic Quotes

• [St. Philoxenus] "I carry you, living God, who is incarnate in the bread, and I embrace you in my palms, Lord of the worlds whom no world has contained."
• [St. Ignatius of Antioch] "the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, the flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father in His graciousness raised from the dead."
• [St. Justin Martyr] "For we do not receive these things as common bread or common drink; but as Jesus Christ our Savior being incarnate by God's Word took flesh and blood for our salvation, so also we have been taught that the food consecrated by the Word of prayer which comes from him, from which our flesh and blood are nourished by transformation, is the flesh and blood of that Incarnate Jesus."
• [St. Irenaeus of Lyons] ".. the mixed cup and manufactured bread receive the Word of God and become the Eucharist, that is to say, Blood and Body of Christ, which fortify and build up the substance of our flesh ... When the bread from the earth receives the invocation of God, it is no longer common bread but Eucharist, having both an earthly and heavenly reality ... the bread and wine are the Body of the Lord and the cup of His Blood."
• [St. Basil the Great] "The Lord clearly says, 'The man who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life.' Who then can doubt that to partake of this Life continually is really to have life in abundance?"
• [St. Cyril of Jerusalem] "Without the Lord's flesh, it is impossible to live ... Let us share in the Body and Blood of Christ with complete conviction. The Body is given to you in the likeness of bread and the Blood is given in the likeness of wine, so that by sharing in the Body and Blood of Christ you may become one body and one blood with Christ."
• [St. Ambrose of Milan] "Let you understand, therefore, that as often as the Sacrifice is offered, the death, Resurrection, and Ascension of our Lord is signified, and likewise the forgiveness of sins, and that this Bread which you receive is the Bread of eternal life, not daily bread."
• [St. Cyril of Alexander] "Chris said indicating, 'This is My Body' and 'This is My Blood,' in order that you might not judge what you see to be a mere figure. The offerings by the hidden power of God Almighty, are changed into Christ's Body and Blood, and by receiving these we come to share in the life-giving and sanctifying efficacy of Christ."
• [St. Philoxenos of Mabbug] "Make me worthy, Lord, to eat you in a holy manner and to taste the food of Your Body as a taste of Your Life."
• [St. Severus of Antioch] "... it is Christ who still even now offers, and the power of his Divine Words perfects the things that they are provided so that they may become His Body and Blood"
• [St. Severus of Antioch] ".. Christ completes it through the words uttered by the offerer and changes the bread into flesh and cup into blood by the power, inspiration, and grace of the Holy Spirit."
• [Moses Bar Kepha] "The Holy Spirit descends upon the bread and wine on the altar and makes the the Body and Blood of God the Word."
• [Dionysius Bar Salibi] "As by the will of the Father, by His Holy Spirit, the Word was incarnated from the Virgin without change, so by the will of the Father, by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, He perfects the bread as His Body and the wine as His Blood."
• [St. Jacob of Serugh] "He broke the bread, and made it the Body, and gave to His Apostles; and the taste of the Body, wherein was life, was in their mouths ... They eat His Body, and He is reclining with them at the table; and they drink His Blood, and they hear the voice of His teaching"

Other Quotes

• [Fr. Alexander Schmemann] "The only real fall of man is his noneucharistic life in a noneucharistic world."
• [Fr. Alexander Schmemann] "But Christ did not come to us so that we may set apart a small segment of our life for our “religious obligations”. He claimed the whole of man and totality of this life. And he left with us the Sacrament of Communion with Himself so that it may sanctify and purify our whole existence and relate all aspects of our life to Him. A Christian is thus one who lives between: between the coming of Christ in the flesh and His return in glory to judge the quick and the dead; between the Eucharist and the Eucharist - the Sacrament of remembrance and the Sacrament of hope and anticipation.”

Syriac and Greek Words

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