ܩܘܩܢܘܣ ܕܢܥ݊ܡܬܐ

AUTHOR NAME 1
Nahir Aqjay Ḥaḥoyo
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1


PUBLICATION YEAR
2016

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Turkey

DONOR
2016/2012: the brothers Skandar, Arjan, and `Aziz Auji

LANGUAGE 1
Classical Syriac

GENRE 1
Liturgy/Prayerbooks
GENRE 2
Spirituality

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
few small b&w drawings, mostly pan-Christian or generic, few photographs

NR OF PAGES
304


CITATION
Nahir Aqjay Ḥaḥoyo. ܩܘܩܢܘܣ ܕܢܥ݊ܡܬܐ, The swan of melodies. Adiyaman: 2016.

IS A TRANSLATION
Unknown

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN

ISBN NUMBER
978-91-639-0302-1

PUBLICATION CITY
Adiyaman

CHURCH 1
Syriac Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Collection of hymns, mostly for the liturgy/prayer but also 'national' (umthonoyotho) hyms; interesting collection of a variety of authors (see comments). The 3rd (2016) and 2nd (2012) edition have been attested, the 1st not yet.

GENERAL COMMENTS
Collection of hymns intended to make it easier for youth to participate in the liturgy, cf. comments by dayroyo (monk) Nahir (the author) who writes in the introduction about the beauty of singing, quoting Bar `Ebroyo and Jacob of Sarugh; most interesting is the collection of 'national/patriotic' hymns (zmirotho umtonoyotho) who are mostly attributed to specific authors, many of which are clergy, bishops, monks etc. At the end is a list of sources which reflect a wide transnational network, starting from the late 19th c. till the early 21st c. The 3rd edition has some additional hymns and includes a reference to a YouTube channel where a number of the hymns are sung. Note that the booklets are in A6 format - easy to carry for usage both at home and in church or communal gatherings.