Orthodox college retreat, or OCR, began simply as the fruition of an idea, a passing thought that grew into something greater than any of us ever expected. From a simple conversation in a car ride, the force behind the conference came from two souls who felt themselves straying from the
# Media wing to hold its maiden meeting in July before Holy Synod meets # Aims at media coordination rather than control, says Metropolitan # Media men to be recognised and honoured for their contributions MUSCAT: Metropolitan Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, is the new Vice Chairman of Indian (Malankara)
(Speech delivered by Fr. Dr. Jacob Mathew, St. Paul’s Orthodox Church of Greater Orlando, Florida on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the 40th day of the demise of HH Pope Shenouda III at St. Mary’s and St. Michael, The Archangel’s Church, Oviedo, Florida) Dear and respected Fathers, dear brethren in
* Timely strategic action needed to nurture youth, children in S Africa * Calls upon church leadership to invest in youth, parish ministry and mission ventures * Follow US example of considering ordination after training for aged people * Select 3 best youth deacons/seminarians/clergy) for cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape
Mission work among Orthodox churches is much more than ‘proselytisation’ and should equip ourselves for dialogue with other churches and other religions’ ‘National ecumenical bodies must initiate dialogue with Malankara and Jacobite factions to avoid conflicts and abide by court directives’ “Missionary is a rare commodity with our Church and
Once again we the MOC faithful have been deceived by the very people who were supposed to play umpire at Thrikkunnath seminary. A 10-point charter of do’s and don’ts were drawn up by the district authorities of Ernakulam headed by the District Collector and signed by the representatives of
This is the high time for the Malankara Church to change the political policy, because the Church is getting no Justice. Even though it is having the clear favourable verdict from the Supreme Court of India, and also a number of favourable verdicts from the local courts of Kerala. Both
Communications: My role as I see it WHEN we speak about communication, what comes to my mind is the ‘community well’ where women in the olden days gathered to draw water. That was their favourite meeting place, where they shared, laughed, sympathized and grieved together. There was no print or
It was not without tears that His Grace Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios will be remembered. I am sure that volumes will be written about His Grace because His Grace’s life and work were gracefully voluminous. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church’s history of humanitarian projects will be the biography of Mar
This appeal is on behalf of Mrs. Indu A K, 36, who seeks your heartfelt prayers and a merciful helping hand. Both her kidneys show severe failure. Indu is diagnosed with IVth Stage IgA Nephropathy (Chronic Kidney Disease) four months back. After having gone through dialysis for 40 times her
