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Concerning the icon for today’s feast, Fr Badwi first of all prepared a frame based on the ancient Syrian icons in the British Library and the Vaticanus Library. Inside that […]

First, the word “awe” has been cheapened by the fashion of using “awesome” as a filler when we don’t have a better word to say and want to sound impressed. […]

The Gospel reading for this week is Luke 2:46-49: “Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, […]

Mary’s Journeying, or in Western Christianity, the Visitation of Our Lady to her Cousin Elizabeth is the third week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. It […]

The Announcement to Mary is the second week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. When we discussed the Announcement to Zechariah we said something about the […]

The Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement, meaning the Announcement of the Birth of the Messiah, is a season of the miraculous. It is full of miracles, and […]

PART ONE: The “OUR FATHER,” Syriac transliteration and literal English translation Aboun d.baš.ma.yo Our Father, who (is) in heaven net.qa.daš šmokh Let it be hallowed, Thy name tee.te mal.kou.tokh Let […]

So far, we have noted how the Syriac tradition takes seriously the Nativity of the Lord as the fulfilment of the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament; and the importance […]

Last week we briefly looked at how the Syriac tradition values and dwells upon how the Nativity of the Lord fulfilled the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament. We meditated […]