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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 11 April 2009 - Volume 03<br>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Mike Morgan</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi"> </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmosaka@gmail.com">mwmosaka@gmail.com</a>></span> <br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi">LL-L "Traditions" 2009.04.11 (02) [E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Since we are talking about easter traditions, and since India has one of the
oldest christian denominations in the world, maybe some of you might be
interested to read a bit about THEIR easter traditons:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://nasrani.net/2007/03/25/passover-among-nasrani-syrian-christians-of-kerala/" target="_blank">http://nasrani.net/2007/03/25/passover-among-nasrani-syrian-christians-of-kerala/</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">no easter
water involved ... however there is pesaha coconut milk!</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
calendar found at</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.pathikulangara.in/images/calender/CA%204.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.pathikulangara.in/images/calender/CA%204.jpg</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tells us
that unlike, for example orthodox churches, the St thomas church celebrates easter today, not
in 2 weeks.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Nasrani.net
also has some other interesteing articles on their traditions (simply click on
the link "traditions" at the top of the above article)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">... and for
a bit of background (for those week in church history to the east of the holy
lands) here is an excerpt on who the St
thomas Syro-Malabarian Christians are taken from:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.stthomasdiocese.org/history.htm" target="_blank">http://www.stthomasdiocese.org/history.htm</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(which is
the home page of the Chicago Catholic Diocese of the same):</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">"Syro-Malabar
Church</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> St.
Thomas the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, came
to India
in A.D. 52 and preached the Gospel and established ecclesial communities. Seven
of such communities are well known in the Malabar coast of South India: They are
Kodungalloor, Niranam, Kollam, Chayal, Kottakkavu, Kokkamangalam and Palayoor
in the present state of Kerala. It is good to remember that there were some
Jewish settlements in South India at that time due to the commercial
relationship between India
and Mesopotamia. After his preaching in
Malabar Coast he traveled to East coast and there he suffered Martyrdom in 72
A.D. July 3 is observed as a Holy Day of Obligation by the Syro-Malabar Church.
His tomb is located at Mylapore in Tamilnadu. The early Christians of India
were known as St. Thomas Christians or “Nazrani Mappila”. The head of the
Church in India was called
the “Metropolitan of the whole of India”.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Due to the commercial
relationship between Persia
and South India, East Syrian language was
introduced to the early Christians. The St. Thomas Christians of India accepted the liturgy developed by the
disciples of St. Thomas in Mesopotamia
known as Ss. Adai and Mari. The Chaldean
Church of Iraq
uses the present anaphora –Eucharistic prayer – of the Syro-Malabar Church,
known as Anaphora of Ss. Adai and Mari. These two Churches have common East
Syrian liturgical tradition. But St. Thomas
Christians – Syro-Malabar
Church – had different
style of administration, customs and practices. The historian of our Church,
Rev. Fr. Placid Podipara, CMI, has rightly put it: “The Syro-Malabar Church
is Christian in faith, oriental in worship and Indian in culture”. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Around A.D. 345 Thomas of Cana
and 72 families from Syria
came to India
and settled in Kodungalloor. It is believed that there was a bishop and priest
with them. The descendents of this group are known as Sudhists or Knananites,
keeping a separate identity among St. Thomas Christians. Since that period, the
bishop of the Syro-Malabar
Church used to be from
Persia of East Syrian tradition. He was the spiritual leader of the community,
while a local priest, called Archdeacon, administered the temporal affairs. St.
Thomas Christians indulged in military service, agriculture and commerce. They
were given special recognition by the local kings."</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
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(( Michael W Morgan, PhD ))<br>
linguist at large in BomBa'y' (for the time being anyway)<br>
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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its
shoes. (attributed to Mark Twain)</span></p>
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