Holy Week Celebrations in the West-Syriac Tradition of Syro-Malankara Church in India
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2018.008Keywords
Holy Week, Syro-Malankara Rite, Liturgy, Indian Christianity, Paschal celebrationsAbstract
Holy Week constitutes the climax of the liturgical life of every Christian community. Having a common base in Jerusalem, different communities shared a common heritage in the celebrations of these special sacred times. But each liturgical family created its own special background for the celebrations. One of the interesting and yet less-known areas of cultural accommodation of the liturgy is without any doubt India, where Christianity existed from the early centuries of Christendom. In this study attention is focused on the Holy Week celebrations of the Syro-Malankara Church, which is a branch of the West-Syriac Tradition. Describing the celebrations one can affirm the truth of the ancient axiom which says that the Suryani Christians in India are “Hindu in Culture, Christian in Religion and Oriental in Worship”.
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