Notes

Syriac chant to celebrate St. Thomas Day. Houston, Texas.

#Trisagion #QandisaAlaha : Young Adult English choir of St. Joseph's Syro Malabar Catholic Church in Houston Sings a Syriac song in honor of the Apostle Thomas, who brought Aramaic Christianity to India. Recorded on 2 July 2020. http://thecmsindia.org/qandisa-alaha

Note from Fr. Rajeev Valiyaveettil. It was a few of the youth belonging to the St. Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Church Houston Young Adult English choir. There was a neat initiative taken by a group of Syro Malabar Youth from California who was doing a series of social media posts in connection with the perunual preparations for St. Thomas. They asked me and some of our youth leaders if they could sing a Syriac song. The recording is done on an iPhone at St. Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Houston. It was released officially on July 2nd.

• AP 22 - The St. Jude Syro Malabar Church choir in Northern Virginia, USA, learn "Qandisa Alaaha (Trisagion in Syriac) with incipits in Malayalam.
• AP 22a - The St. Jude Syro Malabar Church choir in Northern Virginia, USA, learn "Qandisa Alaaha (Trisagion in Syriac) with incipits in English.
• AP 26 - Children's Choir at St. Mary's Church (aka Suriyanippally), Palluruthy, Kochi, Kerala, India, sing the Syriac and Malayalam versions of "B'eda d'yawmaan" (On this Festival Day), hymn to the Blessed Virgin.
• AP 83 - Varghese Chiriyankandath, Sacristan and church musician.
• AP 182 - Paily Vathappally on The Life of a Church Musician in the syriac era.
• AP 192 - Qandisa Alaha and Covid-19. Syro Malabar children sing in Austin, Texas
• AP 251 - Fr. Cyril Thayyil in conversation with the Alangad Syriac Choir
• AP 272 - St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church Choir in Connecticut sing St. Thomas Anthem.