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
Contents
Teacher Training and Resources
- TTC stuff
Reference Materials
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The following materials are offered as sources for information and ideas but please remember to properly give credit if material is used in your writing! If you forget to use references, or your references are incomplete, your work can seem like an empty postulation or create suspicions of plagiarism.
Articles
- Articles
Videos
- Videos
Podcasts
- Podcasts
Book Excerpts
- Eucharistic Renewal (from "The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom Paperback" by Alexander Schmemann)
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.
- [Scripture]
Verse
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
- Qurbana things
- text
Other Hymns
- Other Hymns
- Text
Other Prayers
- Other Prayers
- Text
Promion and Sedro
- Promion/Sedro
- Text
Quotes
Patristic Quotes
- [Father] Text
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.”
- [Fr. Alexander Schmemann]
Syriac and Greek Words
- Word (Syriac) - text
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