Since inauguration day – January 20 – fell on a Sunday this year, Mr. Obama was officially sworn in at a very brief ceremony just before noon in the Blue Room of the White House, taking the oath from the Chief Justice John Roberts using a family bible, ahead of
# Annual family get together planned in Kerala on January 4, 2013 # Regional centres/councils in Africa will be on similar lines in UK # Metropolitan favours aligning these with backward dioceses # Prefers an autonomous nature for the Diocese # For developing OTS as a major centre of learning
History: History dates back to 1991 as the outcome of the ever burning missionary zeal of H.B.Thomas Mar Thimotheos Metropolitan (Present Valiya Bava Thirumeni) of Malabar Diocese. Few young celebate priests who had the divine call, decided to forsake everything for the noble cause of the missionary work. The outcome
28 dead, including 20 kids, in Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting: Gunman Adam Lanza, 20, kills teacher mom in her Newtown home, drives her car to her school and opened fire before killing self A Prayer for the Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre, Newtown, CT – By Fr.
A tribute to the Late Lamented Mathews Mar Barnabas (1924-2012) by Elizabeth Joy , Deputy Secretary, Desk of Spiritual Organisations in UK I have never met you Yet, have heard so much About you as a teacher A very good preacher Who needed few words if any As you are
His Grace Mathews Mar Barnabas was unique in many respects. The well known simplicity, humility, sincerity, innocence, deep spirituality and purity at heart, His Grace was always jutting out in memory. His Grace’s life was that of complete surrender to the Lord and to the Malankara Orthodox Church. His Grace’s
It was on July 3rd, 2012 the last time I had a chance to meet with our beloved Thirumeni at his residence in Pampady Dayara. He was very excited and energetic and eager to learn about the progress of his former diocese which he divided and gave to two of
We have a serious problem that to be addressed at large! Malankara Orthodox Syrian church has adopted a constitution of democracy in administering the church. That is why we have Lay Trustee and Secretary from parish to church level. Now a day it is a bad tendency that the clergies
In the land of the ever rising sun, Tampa, Florida, a group of believers of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (India) formed a congregation on the 4th of November, 1989 named after the Holy Saint of the Church, St. Gregorios of Parumala under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Samuel K
WE thank God humbly for the privilege that we as women of the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) have got in the very long history of our Church since it was established in AD 52! We also take this opportunity to thank all those people who were directly and indirectly instrumental
