ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ARAMAIC LANGUAGE
(23 Dec 1994) Aramaic/Eng/Nat
An ancient Christian community in Jerusalem is preparing to celebrate Christmas in a language that hasn't changed since the time of Christ.
Members of the Syrian Orthodox Church are trying to keep alive the Christian tradition of the Apostles by speaking the original language of Jesus - Aramaic.
But those who come to worship there and the tradition are dying out.
The Syrian Orthodox church holds to a two thousand year-old heritage born with the Christian faith, including a liturgy in Aramaic.
But its community is dwindling, its school closed in 1965 because of declining enrollment.
In the 1950's nearly 80 baptisms took place each month, today less than 12 are baptised a year.
Church leaders claim that it was their faith which founded Christianity and Aramaic, the language of Jesus.
SOUNDBITE:
"This convent is the symbol of the first church of Christianity in
the world. From this place after the Pentecost the disciples left
Jerusalem to the world. Everyone to his holy place according to the
chosen of the Pentecost to establish the church and publish the
gospel. Now here some of our people speak Aramaic who is their mother tongue."
SUPER CAPTION: Archbishop Dionesius Betnan Jejawi, Syrian Orthodox Patriarch
One of the most essential elements which distinguishes the Syrian Orthodox from many other such communities is its common use of the ancient language.
The church still upholds this tradition, holding its services in Aramaic, printing prayer books in Aramaic and holding mass using Aramaic.
Certain priests specialise in writing the language which is based on the Semitic alphabet.
They still use old parchment and calligraphy methods.
At the Mary Magdalena Church near the Old City of Jerusalem the numbers attending mass is on the decline.
Aramaic Priests are becoming more and more concerned that their historical existence will be lost heading into the new millennium.
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The most legitimate Christians in the world with rich tradition and true liturgy May our lord bless Syriac orthodox church and patriarch HH Mor Aprem
My birth place is the Old City of Jerusalem. I am aramaiic and was baptized by Priest Samuel Yeshua. He is the guy that took care of the Dead Sea Scrolls when a bedouis found these transcripts by a bedouin in Umm Qumran Cave by the Dead Sea about 1944. It is the truth
@DavidRupert1
8 жыл бұрын
George, I am trying to research a Saint of the Syrian Orthodox church, Abraham the Writer. Can you point me to someone who can help. And very cool that you were baptized by the keeper of the scrolls
@johnsamaan9799
7 жыл бұрын
, an idiot $240,000 he turned around and sold them
@hannanfarah4676
3 жыл бұрын
I am a Lebanese orthodox and it is my dream to one day visit Jerusalem 🙏how. Amazing who you were baptized by .
@TheUlrix
3 жыл бұрын
Are you Aramean? Do you speak palestinian aramaic or Syriac aramaic ?
@Lost7one
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheUlrix Palestinian Aramaic is sadly extinct, there are no more speakers of that dialect, it was completely replaced by Arabic long ago, this is Syriac Aramaic.
The Oldest Possible Christians, blessing and protection on them...
the writings and language in the bible should not be changed . I want to learn Armaic
Give us arameans our Nation Back
@davidmalleh9318
3 жыл бұрын
@Great Deception dont talk shit idiot. First of all Ameleks only made wars and they lost. Second of all there is no person who say im a Amelek and give my Nation back . If somebody would say it then you would be right. But in these day we as aramean say it that we want our country back and somebody must react
Amén ✨♥️God bless you ♥️✨✨♥️✨
Barekh'mor Shlomo+ Actually, this is West Syriac to be precise, which is essentially Aramaic, because there is also East Syriac.
May God protect and bless Syriac Church and all Middle Eastern christians! 💕✝️
Love from Romania Ortodoxă😚
god bless you always
YES
Amin ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
Patriarch of Antioch
Is that some kind of Aramaic?
Aramaic is almost extinct. Google translate does not even include Aramaic.
@alangervasis
3 жыл бұрын
Sad
He was going to say the truth, but they stopped him not to say, the Jesus his mother language.
I taught myself
12th .
Am Happy Jesus was a Jew. I always love my cousins. To my brothers who hate them, carry on because Allah had said to Hagar " you will beare a son and call him Ishmael. He will be a great nation and live in enmity with his brother Isaac. That's why Jews and Arabs lives in enmity
@TheUlrix
4 жыл бұрын
They are enevies because both have no love inside their hearts
this are Jews who accepted Jesus .Jews spoke aramaik in time of Jesus
@mariama8939
5 жыл бұрын
Conspiracy TV ypu are dumb
Beautiful❤ kiss💋💋
Jesus peace be upon him was a men.
@Marco-bf4uu
5 жыл бұрын
No
@TheUlrix
4 жыл бұрын
Jesus is the Son Of God, Yes he was trully a man!!! and Trully divine as a Second person of divinity !!! Glory to the prince os Israel and Jerusalem
@azwadahsan8549
3 жыл бұрын
@shaz muhammad is final prophet of God. jesus was the prophet of God before him
@MoroccoOujdaCity
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheUlrix Did Jesus (peace be upon him) said: "I am the son of God?" Please confirm.
@TheUlrix
3 жыл бұрын
@@MoroccoOujdaCity Yes Jesus said !
But Jesus speak Hebrew when He meet with pharises and Saduccies
@christodharma
Жыл бұрын
No, the everyday language of the people was Aramaic, while Hebrew was basically dead since the Babylonian exile and remained only as a liturgical language.
@Mukomaad-nabi-pheodopilia
Жыл бұрын
@@christodharma you have to read the gospel
This bible like Quran