The Holy Gospel records but a few incidents from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It says nothing about her parentage, her nativity, or her childhood. All such information comes to us from the early tradition of the Church, which was recorded in the middle of the second century Read more
Augustine of Hippo was one of the great Church Fathers of the fourth century, a renowned theologian and prolific writer, and a skilled preacher and rhetorician. St. Augustine is respected in the Orthodox Church only as a teacher, because of his wonderful defense of the Church’s teachings against the various heresies of his Read more
Joseph of Arimathea was a righteous, holy, pious, and devout disciple of Lord Jesus. He was a good and upright, just man (Lk. 23: 50). He was born to one Matthias, in Arimathea, (otherwise, called Rameth or Ramathaim, native town of Samuel the Seer), a city in Judea and is Read more
o Evening: Luke 17: 22-34 / Luke 18: 1 – 8 o Morning: Luke 18: 9-17o Holy Qurbana o Old Testament Readings Genesis 6: 3-12; Ecclesiastes 7: 1-7; Psalms 12: 1- 7o Epistle Readings 2 Peter 3: 8-14; 1 Thess. 5: 1- 11o Gospel Proclamation Luke 11: 9 -20
H.G Paret Mar Ivanios was a Metropolitan Of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and was born on 19th January 1888. His parents were Mathew Valiyaparet and Achamma Kizhakkel, Puthuppally. He specialized in Theology at the Old Seminary as well as at Bishop’s College, Calcutta. He was ordained as the Deacon on Read more
Moses, the Black, also known as Moses, the strong was an Ethiopian by race was an ascetic monk and priest, and a notable Desert Father, who lived in Egypt during the fourth century. Since He was black of skin he was called ‘Murin’ (meaning “like an Ethiopian”). He was a servant or slave Read more
His Grace was born to Mr. K. T. Thomas and Mrs. Aleyamma Thomas on the 3rd of April, 1938 in Kizhakkethalackal family at Puthencavu, Chengannur, Alappuzha Dist. He was the grandson of Kizhakkethalackal Thoma Kathanar and the nephew of the late Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos (Puthencavil Kochuthirumeni), His Grace thus inherited Read more
It was during the time of the Babylonian captivity, Daniel and three fellow Hebrews, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were chosen to enter the king’s service because they were “young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified…” (Daniel Read more
o Evening: Luke 14: 25-35o Morning: Luke 15: 1-10o Holy Qurbana o Old Testament ReadingsExodus 14: 21-31; I Samuel 8: 4 – 10; Isaiah 43: 1-5o Epistle ReadingsI John 2: 22-29; Ephesians 6: 10-17o Gospel ProclamationMark 10: 35-45 (Luke 6: 39 – 45) **
Mar Labi often called as Judas (Jude in English) is variously named. Jerome called him Thaddaeus Trinomius, which means a man with three names. In Mark he is Thaddeus.In Matthew he is called Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddeus. Matthew 10:3 in the Peshitta Bible reads as (and Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai Read more