Concluding hymn, Beda d'Yawman, for Salve Ladinju (Litany) in honor of the Blessed Virgin. Marth Maryam Church, Alangad. 9 September 2021 .
The first experiment of an English-Syriac bilingual Syro Malabar Qurbana was at the National Shrine and Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, D. C., on 7 September 2013. Major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry was the celebrant (Aramaic Project-65 https://youtu.be/Iv1PkmTUITA).
Syriac chant, "Qambel Maran" during Office at the tomb of Mar Joseph Kariattil, First Indigenous Metropolitan Bishop of St. Thomas Christians, Alangad, Kerala. 09 September, 2021.
Rev. Fr. Cyril Thayyil offers prayers and Office at the tomb of Mar Joseph Kariattil, Kariattil Malpan on the Dhukrana (commemoration) of his 235th Death Anniversary, at St. Mary's (MarthMariam) Church, Alangad, nation's antiquely famous Church built in AD 1300.
Secular music in Sacred Space in the Syro Malabar Church. An intercultural, interreligious musical phenomenon in Kerala. Note: This video shows an interesting musical phenomenon from the Syriac period in the Syro Malabar Church. During the solemn celebration of Qurbana, church musicians played incidental music on the violin or harmonium to fill in silent periods during the liturgy.
The intercultural music of the Syro Malabar Church Note: Here is yet another video from the Latin period of the Syro Malabar Church in Kerala. The interaction between the St. Thomas Christians and the Portuguese missionaries was one of conflict and compromise.
In this video, for the first time in America, we see First Communion children singing the Anthem of the Mysteries, “Pagre(h) damsiha” the body of the Misiha, “wadme yaqira,” and the precious blood. This happened at St. Jude’s Syro Malabar Catholic Church in Northern Virginia
Excerpts from the Interview on Vatican Radio in 2016. Conversation between Fr. Joseph J. Palackal, CMI and Fr. William Nellikkal at Vatican Radio Studios at Rome, Italy.
The evolution and musical aspects of Syriac Chants: Sambah Lasan ( Praise My Tongue) & Kollan Dasne (Let us all Offer). Excerpts from the Radio Vaticana Interview and Conversation between Dr. Joseph J. Palackal and Fr. William Nellikkal, broadcast on 8th and 9th of January, 2016.
