Holy Qurbana

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Holy Qurbana or Qurbana Qadisha (ܩܘܪܒܢܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ qûrbānâ qadîšâ, pronounced qurbono qadisho in West Syriac), the "Holy Offering," refers to the Divine Liturgy as celebrated according to the Chaldean and Syriac Christian Rites, the former by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, and the latter by the Indian Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Maronite Catholic Church and others which worship according to the Syriac tradition. The Syriac word Qurbana (also spelled as Kurbana) is cognate with the Hebrew word Korban (קרבן).

The main Anaphora of the Chaldean Rite is that of Addai and Mari and that of the Syriac Rite is the Liturgy of St. James, both of which are extremely old, going back at least to the third century, and which are the oldest extant liturgies continually in use.

The Holy Qurbana is complete worship also. Holy Qurbana is performed by the Church for all the members of the Church. Other Sacraments are performed for the acceptor. So Holy Qurbana is the sacrament that completes all the other sacraments. Hence it is called the sacrament of perfection or the queen of sacraments.