The Book of
Common Prayer

Imprimatur
Preface
Acknowledgement

Prayers

Prologue
Qawmo
Ninth Hour
Evening
Bed Time
Midnight
Morning
Third Hour
Sixth Hour

Appendices

Qawmo for
    Passion Week
Holy Confession
Sunday School
    Hymns
Bibliography

Athanasius Y. Samuel
Primate

ARCHDIOCESE OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
IN THE UNITED STATES & CANADA

March 4, 1993

Rev. Father K. Mani Rajan
2309 Calle Lobina
San Clemente, CA 92673

Dear Spiritual Son,

May the peace and grace of our Lord be with you. We were pleased to recently receive the draft of your new publication, THE PRAYER BOOK OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. Having carefully read through the text, we are most pleased to extend to you our fatherly blessing for the volume's publication. In doing so, we commend you for an excellent piece of work. We realize how many hours have been spent in the compilation and translation of the prayer book, and know that it has been a labor of love on your part. The volume will be of tremendous assistance to our faithful, especially to our younger generation who will now be able to more meaningfully participate in the prayer life of the Holy Church. We ask our Lord to richly bless you for your wonderful efforts and beautiful translation and to bless all who will most certainly benefit from the fruits of your labor and liturgical scholarship.

In closing we again commend you for your outstanding efforts on behalf or the spiritual life of our faithful, and extending to you our fatherly prayers and paternal benediction, we remain,

Sincerely in Christ,

Athanasius Y. Samuel,
Archbishop
49 Kipp Avenue
Lodi, N.J. 07644
201-77a 0633