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Albany August 17 2005:
A meeting of the Albany St. Paul’s Orthodox Congregation has
decided to register a church under the Indian Orthodox diocese
of America, held on Sunday, August 14th, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. after
Evening Prayers at 1565 Western Avenue United Methodist Church.
Very Rev. Chor Episcopos Thomas P. Mundukuzhy presided over the
meeting.
This congregation was functioning for the last several years in
association with the Albany United Christian Fellowship.
Very Rev. Chor Episcopos Thomas P. Mundukuzhy reiterated that
several of our members had voiced the need to start an Orthodox
church in Albany and had filled up membership applications for
the same. He called on each of the members to come up and voice
their opinions. Varghese Athimootil, Babukutty Kunju Kunju,
Varghese Zacharia, Mathew Samuel, Anil Thomas, Paul John, and
Chacko Thomas spoke on the occasion.
Chor Episcopos said that Sam Mannikarottu conveyed his complete
support for this attempt earlier since he could not be present
at this meeting. Jose Zachariah and Davy Cheeran filled their
membership application form. The speakers generally agreed that
while it was not easy to part ways with the fellowship of which
they had been a part for so long, considering the recent turn of
events and the future of the children, it was in our best
interest to register an Orthodox church officially. A point was
raised about asking for a share of the financial assets in the
UCF fund, since our members had contributed a good share of the
UCF fund; it was decided to bring this up in the upcoming UCF
meeting on August 21st. |
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Also the following
decisions were taken:
1.The first Orthodox Service of the newly starting church shall
be held on September 11th;
2.An Executive Committee for the functioning of the parish and
Board of Trustees for registering the church shall be elected on
September 11th after the Holy Communion Service;
3.To move or not to move from the current location shall be
decided at the meeting on September 11th;
4.Any other concerns regarding the future of the parish shall be
discussed and decided at this next meeting;
5.Paul John shall communicate our decisions to the UCF and he
shall also contact our members via emails/phone calls.
Chor Episcopos approved the membership of the members who filled
out the application.
For more information contact Chor Episcopos at 518-357-4475 or
email at veryrevtpm@yahoo.com for the time, location, and other
details of worship services. |
