James, the brother of John and son of Zebedee and Salome, is the most tantalizingly figures among the twelve. James is often styled the ‘the Greater’ (Jacobus Major) to mean older or taller, as he was first, called by Christ as His disciple, before Apostle James ‘the Less’, who was Read more
Mar Sabor {Sapir, Sapor, Sabrisho} and Mar Afroth {Proth, Prodh, Prot, Aproth, Firuz, Piruz} were two holy, saintly, Syrian bishops monks, brethren, who came to Malabar as missionaries, to preach the Gospel, with a migrant group, led by a successful merchant from Persia, named Marvan Sapor Esho (also known as Bar Read more
Churches use bells for spiritual and practical purposes such as to call the faithful to worship, to signify the time for worshipers to gather for worship and to announce times of daily prayer called the canonical hours. to highlight a particular stage during a Church service, to remind the faithful of God’s presence Read more
Mar Gregorios Abdal Jaleel was an Orthodox bishop of Jerusalem who was in India from 1664 until his death in 1681. He was born in Mosul, Iraq. He was ordained Priest upon completing his theological studies. In 1653 he was ordained Bishop Metropolitan, by the name Mar Timotheos for Ameed (Diyarbakir) diocese in Turkey by the Patriarch Mar Ignatius Read more
Mar Thoma I, also known as “Valiya Mar Thoma” (Mar Thoma the Great), is the first native, democratically elected, indigenously selected Metropolitan bishop of the Malankara Church, after the Coonen Cross Oath in Jan 1653 AD. Prior to this the Malankara Church was ruled by Malankara Moopens (elders). He had led Read more
St. Mark was born in the city of Cyrene in Pentapolis, in the western part of present Libya, (North Africa) in the border with Egypt. Mark the Evangelist (Latin: Mārcus) is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples, and the founder of Read more
• Evening: John 6: 16-29• Morning: Matthew 14: 22-33• Holy Qurbana • Old Testament Readings Exodus 40: 1-16; Joshua 2: 1-6; Isaiah 65 :1-7; Hosea 8: 1-8; (Isaiah 49: 13 -21)• Epistle Readings Acts 4: 8-21; Hebrews 3: 1-13• Gospel ReadingsMark 2: 13-22 / John 21: 15 – 22
Baptismal font (Gurno d Mamodito) is important feature, symbol and a sacred object in each Orthodox Church. It is a basin, vessel (gurno) or a receptacle made of stone or marble fixed on a pillar or pedestal with 3 and 1/2 feet high or a at a convenient height. It Read more
St. George (Gurgis/Jurjis) was born in Cappadocia, East Asia Minor (Present day Turkey) in around AD. 280, in a wealthy Christian family of noble royal origin. His Father Anastasios was an army chief of Emperor Diocletian, who was martyred for being a Christian by the Roman Governor, for refusing to Read more
Mar Thoma III was the third metropolitan bishop who was the Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Church, from 1686 to 1688. He was a historical and spiritual leader, of the Malankara Church. He was born in Pakalomattom family, one of the oldest families at Kadamattom. The leaders of the Malankara Church selected Mar Thoma III as his predecessor Mar Read more