Author: Fr Andrew Younan
Negativity is Not a Virtue
Matthew 15:21-38 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And […]
Chaldean Mass Melodies
Here are some musical “settings” for a few portions of the Chaldean Mass. They’re set to the traditional melodies, but in English, with close attention given to the stress of the syllables so it sounds as not-awkward as possible. If you’re used to hearing these melodies in Aramaic, it’s a little jarring the first couple […]
Chaldeans and Assyrians in the Middle Ages
I’ve been looking for a new translation project to kill the torturous months between sending in a book and getting to see it in print. During this adventure, I translated a big chunk of the philosophical works of someone named John Bar Zo’bi before I found out other scholars were working on him already. Live […]