Holy Qurbana

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Holy Qurbana

Holy Qurbana or Qurbana Qadisha (?????? ????? qûrbanâ qadîšâ, pronounced qurbono qadisho in West Syriac

Syriac language

Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from the 4th to the 8th centuries, the classical language of Edessa, Mesopotamia, preserved in a large body of Syriac literature....
), the "Holy Offering" or "Holy Sacrifice", refers to the Divine Liturgy

Divine Liturgy

The Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine church tradition of Christian liturgy. As such, it is used in the Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholic Churches....
as celebrated according to the Chaldean

Chaldean

Chaldean may refer to:#historical Babylonia, in particular in a Hellenistic context#* Chaldea, "the Chaldees" was a Hellenistic designation for a part of Babylonia....
and Syriac Christian Rites

Christian liturgy

A liturgy is a set form of ceremony or pattern of worship. Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used by a Christian congregation or Christian denomination on a regular basis....
, the former by the Syro-Malabar Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrian Church of the East

The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , currently presided over by Mar Dinkha IV, is a Christian particular church and one of the earliest to separate itself from communion with the Catholic Church ....
, and the latter by the Syriac Orthodox Church

Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephaly Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East, with members spread throughout the world. It schism with Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism over the Council of Chalcedon, which the Syriac Orthodox Church rejects....
, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Antiochian Rite, Major Archiepiscopal sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church in the Catholic Communion, in union with the Pope of Rome, historically linked to the Syrian Church....
, the Maronite Catholic Church, the Indian Orthodox Church

Indian Orthodox Church

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is an autocephaly church and a member of the Oriental Orthodoxy Church family in Christianity, founded by St....
, and others which worship according to the Syriac tradition.

The Syriac word Qurbana (also spelled as Kurbana) is cognate

Cognate

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Holy Qurbana or Qurbana Qadisha (?????? ????? qûrbanâ qadîšâ, pronounced qurbono qadisho in West Syriac

Syriac language

Divine Liturgy

Chaldean

Christian liturgy

Assyrian Church of the East

Syriac Orthodox Church

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Indian Orthodox Church

Cognate

Cognates in linguistics are words that have a common etymology origin.An example of cognates within the same language would be English shirt vs....
with the Hebrew word Korban
Korban

Korban , in Judaism, is the term for a variety of Sacrifice described and commanded in the Torah. Such sacrifices were offered in a variety of settings by the ancient Israelites, and later by the Jewish priesthood, the Kohen, at the Temple in Jerusalem....
(????). When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, and sacrifices were offered, "Korban" was a technical Hebrew term for some of the offerings that were brought there. It comes from a Hebrew root, "karav," meaning "to draw close or 'near'." A required Korban was offered morning and evening daily and on holidays (at certain times, additional 'korbanot' were offered), in addition to which individuals could bring an optional, personal Korban.

The main Anaphora

Anaphora (liturgy)

The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Divine liturgy, Mass , or other Christian Eucharist rite where the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of Jesus....
of the Chaldean Rite is that of Addai and Mari and that of the Syriac Rite

West Syrian Rite

The West Syrian Rite is the rite used by certain Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches. It is in its origin simply the old Antiochene Rite in the Syriac language....
is the Liturgy of St. James, both of which are extremely old, going back at least to the third century, and which are the oldest extant liturgies continually in use.

The Holy Qurbana is referred to as "complete" worship, since it is performed for the benefit of all members of the Church. The other Sacraments are performed for individual members. Thus the Holy Qurbana is the sacrament that completes all the others. Hence it is called the "sacrament of perfection" or the "queen of sacraments."

Holy Qurbana

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