God is Omnipresent! God can hear our prayer from, wherever we pray. Is there a need to face any direction or have a posture, for prayer? Man is not merely a praying mind. The human senses influence the soul and are subject to influence, too. For example, we pray and Read more
LL HG Dr Geevarghese Mar Osthathios, Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church is widely known in India and abroad as a prophet of social justice and as a propagator of the Universal Religion of Love. He was born in a poor family in Cherukole, Mavelikara, Kerala. His father Munduvelil Kochitty Read more
The problem of human strife is as old as mankind. It began on the outskirts of the Garden of Eden, when Cain driven by envy murdered his devout brother Abel. Ever since then, man fought with man, man has revolted against God and man has allied with Satan. But the Read more
Mor Ignatius Elias III, the second son of Chorepiscopa Abraham and Maryam, was born in Mardin, Turkey. Nasri, as was his Christian name, had four brothers and three sisters. After the death of his mother, he was taken care of by his elder sister Helena. He worked as a shoemaker Read more
By the grace of God, we are once again set, to enter into the 50 days, ‘Great Lent’ – the biggest of the 5 canonical fasts of the Holy Church that leads us to greatest episode of memory of Christ’s Resurrection (Kymtho), the center of the liturgical year in the Read more
Can the Holy Sacraments be classified or numbered? Though the number of the Sacraments is not limited, the chief sacraments are seven. All sacraments are perfected through Holy Qurbana. Customarily in the Orthodox Church, we speak of Seven Main or chief Sacraments. The Church Fathers themselves disagreed as to the Read more
His Grace Mathews Mar Epiphanios was born in Chenkulam, near Kollam on November 25, 1928. He was the elder son of Mr. M. Kurikeshu and Mrs. Sosamma, Koottarazhikathu Puthenveedu, Chenkulam. Thirumeni spent the majority of his childhood days at his maternal house in Vengoor. Thirumeni undertook his elementary education in Read more
Mar Abo hailed from Nineveh, now in Iraq. He travelled through a number of places and reached Kollam. He was soon held in high esteem by the people from all walks of life due to his moral and spiritual conduct. He spread the gospel of God through his spiritual discourses Read more
Severios was one of the Great, Celebrated Father, Teacher, Patriarch and ‘Crown of the Syrians – (togho dsuryoye’) of the Oriental Churches. He was born into an affluent family in the city of Sozopolis of Pisidia in AD 465. His father was a council senator of the city. His paternal Read more
St. John Chrysostom describes the Holy Sacraments as “the symbols of our salvation perceivable through faith”. Throughout the centuries there were various definitions of the Holy Sacraments emerged. St. Augustine’s definition became a classic one since the fifth century: A Sacrament (Holy Mystery) is a visible sign of an invisible Read more