[ܞ] Books With Syro

Welcome to BooksWithSyro, the (unofficial) Syro-Malabar Apologetics page, this is an online archive dedicated to the tradition of the Syro-Malabar Church. This site aims to preserve and share important documents, traditions, and reflections that help strengthen our Mar Thoma Nazrani identity.
When I was beginning my deeper faith journey, one thing I noticed was how difficult it was to find accessible, reliable resources specifically about the Syro-Malabar Church; its history, liturgy, spirituality, and traditions. There were plenty of general Catholic resources, but very little that helped me understand and appreciate my own Church's unique identity as a Mar Thoma Nazrani. That gap is what inspired me to start BooksWithSyro.

Blog
These are collections of my thoughts, book reviews, reading recommendation or other writings by me which I share in the hope that others may find edifying spirtualy. Any construtive critisism would be appreciated.

Docs
This is an archive of spiritual texts, prayer books, articles and other pieces of literature that can support the syro-malabar faithful or those curious about our sui iuris church.

Divine Praises
The Divine Praises or the Liturgy of the Hours of the Syro-Malabar Church can be expressed as the heart beat of our church. It's an expression of our continous prayers to God without ceasing. While traditionally we have the 7 hours of the day as part of our semitic tradition, it is the norm for most people to particpate in Ramsa (evening prayer), Lelya (night prayer) and Sapra (morning prayer). As such the synod approved text for those three hours along with their season particular prayers, psalms and hymns are available in the Divine Praises page. A more indepth look into the Divine Praises on my blog post.

English Qurbana
In 2025 the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church published the new English Qurbana Taksa, this Taksa contains a complete translation of the Syro-Malabar Malayalam Qurbana and offers Qurbana hymns translated to fit the Tuy'ai tunes of the Malayalan Qurbana. We have worked on turning this Taksa into a dynamic online webapp that allows you to pick liturgucal options and to have a set of slides generated. This is available in the Qurbana page.

Contact Me
I would love to connect with likeminded individuals who are also interested in this same mission, would like to contribute your own work to the blog/ docs, want to have a penpal or even for those curious and would like to have some honest dialogue. My Instagram and Email are always open. For those interested in suggesting documents or even those who could support me in gaining licenses for published books, the above contacts are again available for you to reach out. If you would like to otherwise help support this page, visit Ko-Fi

Isho Anugrahikatte (May Christ Bless You) and please keep me in your prayers,

For M'shiha and His Church,
Alex George Shijan
Seminarian, Eparchy of Great Britain
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church