Dear Philip, All the Syrian Christians of Malabar (and …

Comment posted on Thomas-Malabar Connection & The Jewish Heritage, A Biblical & Analytical Approach by George Mathew

Dear Philip,

All the Syrian Christians of Malabar (and it’s parishes all over the Arab and Western world ) are using Syriac as their liturgy. Syriac is considered the classical side of Aramaic.

The Marthomites, Jacobites, Orthodox, Syro Malabar and the other churches use Syriac. But the Marthomites use Syriac the least and more on Malayalam, this has been due to their reformation.

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