Season of Suboro (Subbara)

Season of Suboro (Subbara)

This is the first Sunday of the Season of Annunciation, known as Suboro or Subbara in Syriac. There are six Sundays leading to the Nativity, and they are set in the sequential order of the Biblical narratives: -Annunciation to St. Zachariah -Annunciation to St. Mary -Visitation of St. Mary to St. Elizabeth -Birth of St. John the Baptist -Revelation to St. Joseph the Righteous -Sunday before Christmas Unlike the Latin tradition, wherein Advent is centered around the theme of expectation, the theme of Subbara is the theology of fulfillment. The pattern of Suboro emphasizes a typological orientation to salvation history. Prayers of this season are replete with Biblical allusions from the Old Testament, all of which point to Christ and His Incarnation; "blessed is He who came and fulfilled the mysteries and types and figures."