Mar Ivanios Episcopa arrived at Kothamangalam in September 1685, accompanying St. Yedho Mor Baselios, who is also known as “Kothamangalam Bava” and whom we remember in the 5th Thubden. Because of the tedious journey from Mosul to India, the aged, Yedho Mor Baselios was totally exhausted, by the time he reached Kerala. He lived Read more
Moran Mar Ignatius Abded Mshiho II was the Patriarch of Antioch, from 1895 until 1903. Abded Mshiho was born in the village of Qal’at Mara, east of Mardin, in 1854 and at the age of 12, in 1866, he joined the Monastery of Mar Hananyo (Monastery of Saint Ananias – Read more
The Prophet Micah, the sixth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was Moreshtite, descendant from the tribe of Judah, a native of the small village of Moresheth, near Gath (Jer. 26: 18; Micah 1:1). His name is a shortened version of Micaiah, which means ‘who is from God’. His prophetic service began around Read more