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This is the first official and complete hymnal according to the rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.
The Hymnal provides chants from various Syriac chant traditions that have the strongest potential value and usefulness to the Syriac community. It features traditional hymns from the Beth Gazo, for every feast and occasion according to the Syriac annual liturgical calendar. This organization of chants will reinforce the importance of the doctrine of Syriac Christians and emphasize their theological heritage as well as the importance of order in worship.
All of the hymns are presented in Syriac text, with Latin-alphabet transliteration, English translation, and musical notation with special musical symbols that convey pitches, tones, and melodic forms unique to Syriac music. The hymns are transcribed into musical notation system (for music readers), English translation (to understand theological reasoning behind each hymn), Latin transliteration (for non-Syriac readers), and Syriac text (for Syriac readers).
The Syriac Hymnal comes with hard covers, leather-bound with gold foil blocking on the cover. It has the standard features of many Western hymnals used in other Christian denominations.
Gabriel Aydin was born and raised in Tur‛Abdin, southeastern Turkey, where he was trained in the Syriac chant tradition of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He obtained his first education in Syriac culture, classical Syriac, liturgy and liturgical music in his home parish of Mor Abrohom. Later, he familiarized himself with the various chant traditions of the Syriac Church while doing his Master’s thesis analyzing the complete chant tradition of Edessa (modern-day Urfa), graduating from Yale Institute of Sacred Music with a Master’s degree in Art and Religion. In 2020, he received his doctorate in musicology with a special focus on Syriac chant at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. In 2007 he founded the Syriac Music Institute in Rhode Island, United States to promote the preservation and growth of the ancient Syriac sacred music tradition.