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Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Thesaurus Terms Beginning with Pri - Pz

General Naming Rules

Place the word "Holy" in front of the word. "God" becomes "Holy God".
Use the Greek or Arabic form of the word. "Sacrament" becomes "Holy Mystery".
Use the formal long form of the person's name. Jesus becomes "Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ".

Terms

Priest

For Holy Mystery See
Holy Mystery of Holy Orders

For Title See
Abouna / Abona / Abuna
Archimandrite
Archpriest
Father
father
Khoury / Khouri
Reverend Father

See from
Presbyter

Prokimena

Definition
Pural of prokimenon.

Usage
During the Divine Liturgy, the reading of the Apostolos (Epistle) is preceded by two verses of Psalm and followed by two others with Alleluia.

Prokimenon

Definition
Prokimenon are one or two verses of Psalm.

Usage
During the Divine Liturgy, the reading of the Apostolos (Epistle) is preceded by two verses of Psalm and followed by two others with Alleluia.

Prophet

Definition
"The Hebrew Prophet was not merely, as the word commonly implies, a man enlightened by God to foretell events; he was the interpreter and supernaturally enlightened herald sent by Yahweh to communicate His will and designs to Israel. His mission consisted in preaching as well as in foretelling. He had to maintain and develop the knowledge of the Old Law among the Chosen People, lead them back when they strayed, and gradually prepare the way for the new kingdom of God, which the messias was to establish on earth. Prophecy, in general, signifies the supernatural message of the Prophet, and more especially, from custom, the predictive element of the prophetic message." Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess Catholic Encyclopedia

Prophet Eleeya

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elia

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Eliahu

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elias

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elijah

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elya

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elyahu

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet Elyas

See
Holy Prophet Elias the Tishbite

Prophet John

See
Holy Prophet and Glorious Forerunner John the Baptist

Prophet Zachary

See
Holy Prophet Zechariah

Prophet Zechariah

See
Holy Prophet Zechariah

Proskomide

Language
Greek
The word "proskomide" means "table of oblation"

Usage
The first part of the Divine Liturgy is the Prothesis or Ceremony of Preparation of the Oblations. During the Ceremony, the priest/abouna prays and cuts the Qurban based on the nine squares on the large side of the Holy Seal or (IC|XC NIKA Stamp) impression.
The Prothesis is performed by the priest and deacon without the direct participation of the people on the"prothesis", "proskomide", "table of oblation" or "Altar of Preparation". This table stands in the altar area to left of the altar table.

See also
Prothesis

Prosphora/Prosphoron

Language
Greek
"Qurban" translated into Greek is "Prosphora"
"Qurban" is pronounced with the "Q" is silent.

Definition
The word "prosphora/prosphoron" means "offering".

Description
"Qurban" is a flat, round bread about 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Qurban can be leavened or unleavened.

History
Qurban is probably the bread that Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ lived ate daily.
At a Passover meal during the time of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, an unleavened version of this bread was used. The Last Supper of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ is understood as a Passover meal. If the Last Supper was a Passover meal, an unleavened version of Qurban was used.
Qurban is still the basic traditional bread in the area where Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ lived.

Usage
Leavened Qurban is consecrated during the Divine Liturgy and is used for Holy Eucharist. Also, leavened Qurban is for the Antidoron.

See also
Holy Eucharist
Holy Seal
IC|XC NIKA
Qurban

See from
Blessed Bread
Holy Bread

Prothesis

Usage
The first part of the Divine Liturgy is the Prothesis or Ceremony of Preparation of the Oblations. During the Ceremony, the priest/abouna prays and cuts the Qurban based on the nine squares on the large side of the Holy Seal or (IC|XC NIKA Stamp) impression.
The Prothesis is performed by the priest and deacon without the direct participation of the people on the"prothesis", "proskomide", "table of oblation" or "Altar of Preparation". This table stands in the altar area to left of the altar table.

See also
Proskomide

Purification of The Theotokos

See
Great Feast of Holy Hypapanty of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ and The Purification of The Theotokos

Terms Beginning with other Letters

Please click on the letter with which the term begins.

Aa - Ab     Ac - Ak     Al     Am     An     Ao - Ap     Ar     As - Az     Ba     Be - Bi     Bl - Bz

Ca - Ce     Ch     Co     Cr - Cz     D     De     Di     Do

Ea - Ej     El     Em - Ep     Eu     Faa - Fas     Father     Fe     Fi - Fz

Ga - Gn     Go     Gra - Great and     Great Feast     Great Fri - Great Z     Grec - Grz

Haa - Haj     Hal - He     Hi     Holy A - Holy B     Holy C - Holy D     Holy E - Holy Gl
Holy God     Holy Gr - L     Holy M     Holy P     Holy S     Holy T - Holy Z     Hp-Hz

Ia-Id     Ie-Ij     Il-Iz     J     K     Ku     La     Le     Li     Lo - Lz     Ma     Me     Mi - Mo     Mu     My

N     Ob - Ot     Ob - Ot     Our - Our J     Our Lord     Our M - Our Z

Paa - Pas     Pat - Paz     Pe - Po     Pra - Pre     Pri - Pz     Q     Ra - Re     Ro - Rz    

Saa - Sah     Saint     Sal - Saz     Sc - Sh     Si - Sr     St     Su - Sz    

Ta - Theos     Theotokos     To     Tra     Tri     Tro    

U     V     W     Y     Z

Thesaurus Overview

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Thesaurus - Arabic Influenced Religious Terminology on Malta

"We speak an arabic dialect and are catholics. Although our dialect is highly italianised we use christian arabic terminology. The question is from where have this terminology come from. Malta was under the arabs in the early middle age and there was a presence of islam. Our dialect have elements of both west and eastern arabic. I suspect that there was an immigration of melkites in malta, this is the reason why I am sending this email. Attached please find a list of our religious terminology."...
"I would like to ask you a question, how similar is our terminology to yours."...
"Thanks again and Alla dejjem izomm idejh fuqok u fuq il-Kinsja Mqaddsa."
Christopher Agius
Maltese Religious Terms Of Arabic Origin, Christopher Agius, 2002
Christopher Agius

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