Chaldean liturgy features Syriac dialect and chanting

Iraq • Worship • Chaldean Catholic Church

Choir of Chaldean girls, during a Mass. Photo by Sandrine Alexie
Worshipers receive communion at Easter in Araden, a Christian village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Photo by Sandrine Alexie
Christians go to the Mass for the feast of St. Levo in the Chaldean village of Levo, Iraq. Photo by Sandrine Alexie
Mass for St. Levo at the Church of Levo in Iraq. Photo by Sandrine Alexie

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The Syriac language is still in use by Chaldean Christians in their liturgy, and in other settings. Chanting plays an important role in the liturgy. View a revised missal of the liturgy . The liturgy is related to the Syro-Malabar rite in India.

The videos on this page offer examples of Chaldean liturgy.