James, the brother of John and son of Zebedee and Salome, is the most tantalizingly figures among the twelve. James is often styled the ‘the Greater’ (Jacobus Major) to mean older or taller, as he was first, called by Christ as His disciple, before Apostle James ‘the Less’, who was Read more
Churches use bells for spiritual and practical purposes such as to call the faithful to worship, to signify the time for worshipers to gather for worship and to announce times of daily prayer called the canonical hours. to highlight a particular stage during a Church service, to remind the faithful of God’s presence Read more
St. Mark was born in the city of Cyrene in Pentapolis, in the western part of present Libya, (North Africa) in the border with Egypt. Mark the Evangelist (Latin: Mārcus) is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples, and the founder of Read more
Baptismal font (Gurno d Mamodito) is important feature, symbol and a sacred object in each Orthodox Church. It is a basin, vessel (gurno) or a receptacle made of stone or marble fixed on a pillar or pedestal with 3 and 1/2 feet high or a at a convenient height. It Read more
St. George (Gurgis/Jurjis) was born in Cappadocia, East Asia Minor (Present day Turkey) in around AD. 280, in a wealthy Christian family of noble royal origin. His Father Anastasios was an army chief of Emperor Diocletian, who was martyred for being a Christian by the Roman Governor, for refusing to Read more
It is normally a wooden table, kept in the center of the Chancel area (Azhiaagam). It symbolizes Mt. Sinai from where the Ten commandments were given by God and also the wooden platform from where the priest Ezra read out from the Book of Law (Neh. 8: 4). It also Read more
The fact of Jesus Christ being alive, after being crucified on the cross, would have been hard for anyone to accept. ‘St. Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin or doubting Thomas, was not present with the other disciples, when Jesus appeared to His disciples’. He was the only Read more
From Feast of Holy Resurrection, the Feast of feasts, when we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord to Pentecost, emphasis is on resurrection and hope of faithful. The Resurrection of our Lord means death is conquered and that Devil and his forces are defeated. The first week of this season Read more
The liturgical calendar of the Indian Malankara Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast of Annunciation to Blessed Virgin St Mary – the Theotokos, twice in a year – during the season of Annunciation, five weeks before the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and another on March 25. The Annunciation to BVM is Read more
Sleeba Mar Osthathios was born in the village, Kafarso, (near Shrehre) near the city of Amid, south-east Turkey on 1 January 1854. He was born in the Abakkar family to Salbi and Naboona. He had two brothers and three sisters. He was baptised with the name was ‘Saliba’ (Sleebo/Sleeba). His Read more