The liturgical calendar of the Indian Orthodox Church commemorates the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste on March 09. Emperor Constantine, in AD 313, had issued a decree of religious tolerance, that Christianity was an official religion and gave them freedom of worship, through the Edict of Milan. However, seven years later, Read more
Significance of Church Edifice. The Church building is an edifice or structural building, specially consecrated and set apart for worship. God is omnipresent and He dwells everywhere, but Church building is a symbol of heavenly abode and presence of the Triune God’s. Christ refers to it as a Temple of Read more
Matthew, an Apostle and evangelist, of whom we know very little personally but in another sense we know a great deal as he was a tax-gatherer. The man designated as Matthew, sitting in the customs house (Matt. 9: 9) is the same as Levi, sitting in the receipt of custom Read more
Vattasseril Geevarghese Mar Dionysius is popularly known as ‘Malankara Sabha Bhasuran’ (The Great Luminary of Malankara Orthodox Church) which our Church has bestowed on him in recognition of his rich contribution to Malankara Orthodox Church. Vattasseril Thirumeni was a man of prayer, determination and dynamism. He was a saint who Read more
St. Polycarp, a Martyr Saint and Church Father was born in Smyrna (Modern Izmir, Turkey) around A.D. 69. His name Polykarpos, means ‘fruitful, rich in fruit, and ‘much fruit’ in Greek and he was fruitful in every good work (Col. 1: 10). He was born in a non-Christian family and he Read more
St. Ephrem (Mar Aprem) – the Syrian, both a Father and a Doctor of the Church was born in the ancient city of Nisibis, in Mesopotamia, (said to be, not far from the place where Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden) at the beginning of the fourth Read more
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