tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post113029987252356413..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: The Church in IraqFr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131276380469547022005-11-06T06:26:00.000-05:002005-11-06T06:26:00.000-05:00Well, not exactly; I was being mildly facetious. B...Well, not exactly; I was being mildly facetious. But there are clergy and acolytes running about the sanctuary throughout the rites and ceremonies, attending to various liturgical errands, and if you take your glasses off it does look a bit like the Royal Ballet. Except that ballet always puts me to sleep within 5 minutes (I kid thee not, and after a half dozen attempts over the years to force assiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131133990735832512005-11-04T14:53:00.000-05:002005-11-04T14:53:00.000-05:00Makes me want to take up our mutual friend's offer...Makes me want to take up our mutual friend's offer and go to a Syrian liturgy in India this winter. Alack, I fear I'll lack the time in Bombay. <BR/><BR/>So, am I correct in surmising that the Malayalis' terpischorean proclivities have been incorporated into the Malabar/Malankara liturgy? <I>That</I> would be fascinating.Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-1131087081739160462005-11-04T01:51:00.000-05:002005-11-04T01:51:00.000-05:00They also -- like the Oriental Orthodox Church of ...They also -- like the Oriental Orthodox Church of India -- claim St Thomas the Apostle as their founder; not too improbable that he would have got to Mesopotamia AND the Malabar Coast and spent enough time in both places to have planted churches in both places, I guess, if St James got as far as Spain and St Paul peregrinated thither and thither throughout the Mediterranean as Holy Writ indicatesassiniboinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245478607944139417noreply@blogger.com