Our Church celebrates the Feast of Martha Shmooni (Solomonia) and her seven sons, on August 1. The story Martha Shmooni and her seven sons and their teacher Eleazar, from the Book of 2 Maccabees chapter 6 and 7. After the period of exiles of Israelites to Babylon, before the incarnation Read more
Here perhaps strangest, most miraculous of all the Saints; Simeon the Stylite. He was born in 389 in a Cappadocian village Sisan (Sis), in Cilicie, a little town near the border of Syria. His father was a shepherd, and he himself spent the first years of its life to keep Read more
The ordinary attire and ceremonial vestments of clergy have symbolic meanings and have sacramental significance. As outward things are expressive of the inward reality, so also is true about people’s clothes. The beliefs, ideas, and moods of vestments we wear, when we offer Holy Sacrifices have three-fold significance. They represent Read more
Blessed Roque Zephrin Noronha was born on 20th Oct. 1850, at Angediva – Bardez, Goa, as the youngest son of Custodio Santa Anna de Noronha and Feleciana Dionisia Assumpcao da Silva. After completing basic education, he joined the Rachol Royal Seminary in Margoa Goa. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Read more
Geevarghese Mar Dioscoros was born on 12 October 1926, the youngest son of Kunjupappi and Achamma of the Thevervelil Family in Kozhencherry. After completing Intermediate at Madurai American College in 1948, he joined the Madras Christian College. He graduated from there in 1950 and took his master’s degree in Sociology Read more
Mary Magdalene is mentioned in all four canonical gospel accounts, where she appears as the first-named of Jesus’ female followers and played an important and pivotal role in Christ’s Ministry. She is mentioned about 12 times in the N. T. and most of the times she is mentioned in the Read more
The Prayer of a Righteous Person is Powerful and Effective (James 5: 16) Holy Prophet Elijah, Elias, Elia (Hebrew- Eliyahu) is one of the most interesting, impressive, bright, and brilliant figures of all biblical characters, yet his life was so filled with ups and downs and a life of turmoil Read more
Bread – Lahmo – The Eucharistic bread Bread is a sign of life. When we offer bread, we offer our lives to God. The bread used for Holy Qurbana is made of five outstanding, essential ingredients of life, representing four elements of the universe. 1. Wheat flour, 2. Water, 3. Read more
The Thekso (Thaksa) is the text of the liturgy for the Eucharist celebration or the Liturgy or liturgical book or the book of Eucharistic rite, used by celebrant in the Holy Qurbana. It originates from the Greek word ‘Taxsis’ meaning ‘rite’ or ‘text’. The most original, ancient, and venerable one Read more
The legend of Yulletti (Julitta) and Kuriakos (Quriaqos in Syriac Aramaic) means “belonging to the Lord”, still persists in various forms. We are told that when persecution was raging against Christians under Diocletian (284-305), a wealthy, faithful and pious Christian noblewoman named Julitta was widowed with a three-year-old son named Kuriakos Read more