Prayers
Prayer is the golden key to heaven. This is the title of the book on Canonical Prayers - a compilation of the saints of the church. The saintly fathers of the church recorded their thoughts, emotions and consolations on their personal relationships with God. These records were later compiled by the church for the use of the clergy and the laity. The book of prayers for the laity was formed from this collection of recorded prayers and a few selections from the Devotional songs.
We are presenting on this site the Common Prayers of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in .pdf format for the immense use of our faithful devotees, especially youngsters. The younger generation of the church born and brought up outside Kerala is seen to be perplexed when they hear the hymns in Church prepared in Malayalam. They are unable to read Malayalam manuscript in its original form. To avoid this dilemna, we have included Malayalam original with transliteration and also the English translation. We hope that the younger generation of the Church will follow the liturgy of prayers and songs better with the help of these.
MALAYALAM / TRANSLITERATION