Evening: Luke 5: 17-26 Morning: John 5: 1-18 Before Holy Qurbana Old Testament Readings 2 Chron. 1: 12-17 ; Deut. 31:19-30; Is. 5: 20-25 (Ex. 4:10 – 17; 2 Kings 2: 1 – 11; Ez. 34:1-16); Holy Qurbana Epistle Readings Acts 28:17-28, Rom. 5: 1-11; (Acts 5:12-16. 19: 8 -12; Read more
(Readings as per Old Lectionary) Mar 16 – Third Sunday of Great Lent (Palsy Sunday) Mar 17 – Third Monday of Great Lent Mar 18 – Third Tuesday of Great Lent Mar 19 – Third Wednesday of Great Lent Mar 20 – Third Thursday of Great Lent Mar 21 – Read more
Matthew, an Apostle and evangelist, of whom we know very little personally but in another sense we know a great deal as he was a tax-gatherer. The man designated as Matthew, sitting in the customs house (Matt. 9: 9) is the same as Levi, sitting in the receipt of custom Read more
LL Metropolitan His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, was born on May 26, 1926 to Mr. A T Chacko & Mrs. Mariamma Kuttikandathil. His family is noteworthy for their service to God and contributions to the Malankara Orthodox Church. Two of his brothers also entered into priesthood, Very Rev K Read more
Vattasseril Geevarghese Mar Dionysius is popularly known as ‘Malankara Sabha Bhasuran’ (The Great Luminary of Malankara Orthodox Church) which our Church has bestowed on him in recognition of his rich contribution to Malankara Orthodox Church. Vattasseril Thirumeni was a man of prayer, determination and dynamism. He was a saint who Read more
St. Polycarp, a Martyr Saint and Church Father was born in Smyrna (Modern Izmir, Turkey) around A.D. 69. His name Polykarpos, means ‘fruitful, rich in fruit, and ‘much fruit’ in Greek and he was fruitful in every good work (Col. 1: 10). He was born in a non-Christian family and he Read more
St. Ephrem (Mar Aprem) – the Syrian, both a Father and a Doctor of the Church was born in the ancient city of Nisibis, in Mesopotamia, (said to be, not far from the place where Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden) at the beginning of the fourth Read more
Mar 9- Second Sunday of Great Lent {Lepers’ (Garbho) Sunday}
Mar 9 – Second Sunday of Great Lent (Lepers’ Sunday) Mar 10 – Second Monday of Great Lent Mar 11 – Second Tuesday of Great Lent Mar 12 – Second Wednesday of Great Lent Mar 13 – Second Thursday of Great Lent. Mar 14 – Second Friday of Great Lent Read more
God is Omnipresent! God can hear our prayer from, wherever we pray. Is there a need to face any direction or have a posture, for prayer? Man is not merely a praying mind. The human senses influence the soul and are subject to influence, too. For example, we pray and Read more