The Holy Myron / Holy Mooron / Holy Chrism is the scent and fragrant oil with the highest level of sanctification in Orthodox Christian Church and in which is the Seal of Grace of the Holy Spirit for the sanctifying and consecration to God of whatever it is used in Read more
Blessed Virgin Mary – Final Days of Virgin Mary Death, Place and Time: The passing away of Virgin Mariam is shrouded in mystery. The last reference we have about her in the bible is in the Acts of Apostles 1: 14. Virgin Mariam was seen in the company of the Read more
The Holy Bible is the written divinely inspired Word of God. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ~ (2 Tim. 3: 16). It is a crucial and vital part of God’s self-revelation to the human race. The Holy Bible is in fact, a Read more
The Oriental Orthodox Churches especially Coptic, has a strong tradition of the flight of the holy family consisting of Joseph, Virgin Mariam, Infant Jesus (& Salome – midwife) from place to place in Egypt seeking refuge from Roman soldiers pursuing them from Palestine. Egypt is where Israel, once took refuge. Read more
Blessed Virgin Mary – Legend and StoryThe Gospels give very little light on the biographical aspects of Blessed Virgin, Mariam – her parentage? family lineage? her life during the public life of Christ? after Christ’s Ascension and her death? However, her family background and personal life were known to the Read more
Mar Thoma V was born in Pallipurat family a branch of Pakalomattom family, one of the oldest families in Kerala and he was known as Ouseph (Joseph). By 1727, Mar Thoma IV fell sick. So, the leaders of the Malankara Orthodox Church selected a successor for him. He was consecrated as Mar Thoma V, without the presence Read more
In Resurrection, we are reborn; we die and are resurrected with Christ. This new resurrected nature is then shaped and molded by the Holy Church and it is filled with the Holy Spirit. The Pentecost is demonstration of the Holy Trinity and the indwelling and cleansing by the Holy Spirit. Read more
The Book of Jonah tells about Jonah’s personal encounter with the LORD. But Jonah’s prophecy speaks to us not much with words but more with symbols. The Church sees within this book’s simple story an icon of Christ symbolically represented. Like this world, Nineveh certainly deserved to be destroyed because Read more
Jonah prophecy speaks to us more with symbols than with words. The Church sees within this book’s simple story an icon of Christ symbolically represented. God destroyed the old World by flood, when the people of Noah’s day persisted resolutely in their evil. Likewise, Nineveh certainly deserved to be destroyed Read more
“And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” (Luke 1: 41) Blessed Virgin Mary carries the hidden Christ to St. John the Baptist John the Baptist, while yet an infant hidden in St. Elizabeth’s Read more