No—those two words are most definitely Greek and …

Comment posted Lifestyle of Kerala Syrian Christians by John Mathew.

No—those two words are most definitely Greek and not Syriac/Aramaic. The author of your book either didn’t know (a common phenomenon in many religions) or didn’t want to bother making a new section for just two Greek words.

The Syriac for Kurieleison (Lord have mercy) is Moran Ethraham.

(You can even go to a Greek and say Stoumen Kalos and he would have a vague idea of what you were saying. Kyrie Eleison is, along with Amen, the most common trans-denominational trans-cultural word in Christianity).

The presence of these two words is cited by historians and scholars as being the reason why the Liturgy of Mar Yacob was originally written in Greek and not Syriac.

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