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Holy Qurbanaവിശുദ്ധ കുർബ്ബാന

What happens on a Sunday morningഞായറാഴ്ച രാവിലെ

The Qurbana is our Communion service, in the Antiochene order of St. James as the Mar Thoma reformers translated it. It takes about an hour and forty minutes, and nobody minds if you follow it on your phone.

Silver chalice and a dish of wafers on a white cloth

Languagesഭാഷകൾ

Which service is in which languageഏത് ആരാധന ഏത് ഭാഷയിൽ

Every gathering is open to everyone. The liturgy is on the screens in Malayalam script, Manglish and English.എല്ലാ ആരാധനകളിലും എല്ലാവർക്കും സ്വാഗതം.

GatheringആരാധനWhenഎപ്പോൾSpoken inഭാഷOn the screensസ്ക്രീനിൽ
Holy Qurbanaവിശുദ്ധ കുർബ്ബാന1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays, 9:00 AM1, 3, 4 ഞായർ, രാവിലെ 9:00മലയാളംEnglishEnglish and Manglish text on the side screensഇംഗ്ലീഷ്, മംഗ്ലീഷ് സ്ക്രീനിൽ
Holy Qurbana in Englishഇംഗ്ലീഷ് കുർബ്ബാന2nd and 5th Sundays, 9:00 AM2, 5 ഞായർ, രാവിലെ 9:00EnglishമലയാളംMalayalam text on the side screensമലയാളം സ്ക്രീനിൽ
Sunday Schoolസൺഡേ സ്കൂൾSundays, 11:15 AMഞായർ 11:15EnglishNot neededആവശ്യമില്ല
Evening prayer on Zoomസന്ധ്യാ പ്രാർത്ഥന (Zoom)Mon, Tue, Thu, 9:00 PMതിങ്കൾ, ചൊവ്വ, വ്യാഴം രാത്രി 9:00മലയാളംNot neededആവശ്യമില്ല
Wednesday Bible studyബൈബിൾ പഠനംWednesdays, 7:30 PMബുധൻ രാത്രി 7:30EnglishമലയാളംNot neededആവശ്യമില്ല

Your first Qurbanaആദ്യമായി വരുമ്പോൾ

What to expectഎന്തൊക്കെ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാം

You will not be asked to stand up, introduce yourself or fill in a card. Somebody's auntie may ask where your family is from.

Sunday morning, minute by minute

  1. Arrive and find a seat

    The choir is already warming up. Liturgy books are in the pew racks.

  2. The Qurbana begins

    Achen enters in white. The first half is prayers, psalms and the readings.

    Priest in white vestments raising the host beside a candle

  3. Gospel and sermon

    Everyone stands for the Gospel. Then sit for about twenty-five minutes.

  4. Communion

    Come forward by rows when the usher nods. Arms crossed for a blessing if you are not receiving.

  5. Notices and tea

    Announcements, birthdays, then chai and snacks in Hall A.

Questionsചോദ്യങ്ങൾ

Before your first Sundayആദ്യ ഞായറിന് മുൻപ്

I don't speak Malayalam. Will I follow anything?

Yes. The full liturgy is on the side screens in English, and the second and fifth Sundays are entirely in English. Plenty of members are spouses from other backgrounds.

Is the Mar Thoma Church Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant?

It is an Eastern church with a Reformed heart. Our liturgy is the ancient Syrian one, but since the reformation of 1836 we read the Bible and pray in the language people speak. We are in full communion with the Anglican churches.

Do I need to be a member to come to a prayer group?

No. Prayer groups are the easiest way in. Turn up on a Friday and you will be fed.

We are visiting from Kerala for a few months. Can we take Communion?

Of course. Please tell Achen before the service which parish you belong to, so he can greet you by name.

Is the service streamed?

The Qurbana streams live on the parish YouTube channel for members who are housebound or traveling. The link is in the Sunday notices email.

Find usവഴി

On Plano Road, just south of the LBJപ്ലേനോ റോഡിൽ

9120 Plano Rd, Dallas, TX 75238
Get directions
Parking
Main lot off Plano Road. On Sundays the dental office lot next door is ours too.
Transit
DART bus 36 stops at Plano Rd and Walnut Hill, a four-minute walk.
Access
Ramp at the hall entrance, accessible restroom in Hall A, and two reserved spaces by the side door.