Once again, we have been greeted by the Season of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This season is a call to for us to prepare our hearts and homes for the birth of Christ our Lord. This is also a time, the Holy Orthodox Church sets apart Read more
Jacob (Yacoub), was born as the son of a Priest, at Serugh (Serug, Suruc) in the village Kurtam a village on the Euphrates to the west of Harran which is very close to the Mesopotomian village Edessa (Urhoy), modern Urfa in South East Turkey, also known as Kurtak. He was Read more
Dionysius Barsleebi (Dionysius Bar Salibi, baptised Jacob, was a 12th century bishop of the Orthodox Syriac Church. He assumed the name ‘Dionysius’ when consecrated to the bishopric. He is a well-known, able and most voluminous, prolific writer and spokesman of the Syriac language of the 12th century. He was like Bar-Hebraeus, Read more
St. Jacob Baradaeus (Yakub Burdhana), was a great saint, and one of the well-known Church Fathers, known for his godliness and piety, the greatest Apostolic fighter in support of the True faith, who attained the summit of religious and austere asceticism. He was born at Tella Mouzalat, otherwise called Constantina, Read more
• Evening: Luke 10: 38-42 / (Luke 8: 1- 3) **• Morning: Luke 10: 38-42• Holy QurbanaOld Testament ReadingsGenesis 27: 22-40; Exodus 19: 1-13; Jer. 11: 1-8 Isaiah 6:1-11(Gen. 1:24 – 31, 24: 15-38; Judg. 4: 4-16; 2 Kings 5: 1 -5Ester 4: 1- 17; Proverbs 14: 1-19) **• Epistle Read more
St James, the mutilated (Intercisus), (Yacoub M’fasquo/Jacob), was a Persian, born in the Royal City of Beit-Lapeta, in an illustrious, noble family. His family had embraced Christianity and he married a devout Christian. He was the closest and most honoured friend of king Guharon and his son Yazdegerd I, king Read more
St. Clement (Mar Clemis) was born in Rome as the son of Phasthinis in the family of Flavia. He is distinguished from Clemis of Alexandria by being referred to as Clemis of Rome or Pope Clemis I. The Hieromartyr Clement, is said to be been born in Rome into a Read more
Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius I (Mar Dionysius II)was born on January 15, 1742; to Chummar and Eliyamma, an ancient Pulikkottil family of Kunnamkulam, which had moved to close-by Arthatt. His mother belonged to the Pazhanji parish; thus, he developed a close relation with the vicar of Pazhanji Church too. He Read more
Bishop Paulose Mar Gregorios, who shepherded the Delhi Diocese, of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, as Metropolitan and Archbishop, for over two decades, was a larger-than-life-figure. He was gifted with a penetrating intelligence and remarkable clarity of mind. He is known for his unusual versatility and profound social sensitivity. Read more
Webster’s dictionary gives the following definition of Trinity: “The union of three divine persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in one divinity, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three Persons.” Synonyms sometimes used are triunity, triune, and triality. The term “trinity” Read more