Holy Qurbana

These churches are primarily based in the Middle East and India, with diasporic communities settled in the western world.

It is a cognate with Hebrew itself a Syriac word קרבן qorbān and Arabic قربان qurbān.

The Holy Qurbana is referred to as "complete" worship, since it is performed for the benefit of all members of the Church.

In the form given in the oldest manuscripts, all of the High Middle Ages, this anaphora does not include the Words of Institution, a matter that raised ecumenical concerns.

The Qudasha or Eucharistic Prayer that is part of the East Syriac Rite is of particular interest, being one of the oldest in Christianity, possibly dating back to 3rd-century Edessa,[1] even if the outline of the current form can only be traced as far back as the time of the Patriarch Ishoyahb III in the 7th century.

It is a part of the East Syriac Rite, formally attributed to Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople and is traditionally celebrated for the Feast of the Epiphany, Commemoration of St. John the Baptist, Commemoration of the Greek Teachers: Mar Diodore, Mar Theodore the interpreter and Mar Nestorius, and also for the Wednesday liturgy of the Rogation of the Ninevites, and the Feast of the Passover (Holy Thursday).

[4] Instead, hmira, fermented dough from previously used sacramental bread, is added and acts as leaven.