On Feb 2 each year, our Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation and Dedication or Entry of our Lord, to the Temple of Jerusalem, also called as The Meeting of Our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus Christ. Holy Read more…
We are closing in, towards the Great Lent of this year 2021, just weeks after Epiphany and 18 days before the Great Lent. Thus, we are in between two Lents: the smallest, but strict & rigorous 3 days lent and biggest, but solemnest & 50 day lent, known as the Read more…
Paulose (Kunji paulos) was born on 23 January 1869, Angamaly. His parents were Mathai of Thekkekkara family, Ayyampally and Annamma of Pynadath family, Akapparambu. He had three sisters and two brothers. He was baptised as Paulose at the Mar Sabor Mar Afroth Church, Akaparambu and spent his early childhood at Read more…
His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews II (30 January 1915 – 26 January 2006) was the Supreme Primate of Indian Orthodox Church. He was the sixth Catholicos of the East, nineteenth Malankara Metropolitan and Eighty ninth successor to the Holy Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas. His Holiness was Giant Read more…
Mar Thoma VIII was the 8th Metropolitan of the Malankara Church, from 1809 to 1816 and 103rd Successor to the Holy Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas. When Mar Thoma VII was bed- ridden and seriously ill at Kandanad, he called one of his relative Pakalomattom Thoma Kathanar to his bed side. Thoma Read more…
Nineveh Lent is close at hand, starting from Monday February 10 (to be exact from the evening of 10th February). The three-day lent though the smallest of the five canonical lent, is one of the Rigorous, Unique Symbolic and Traditionally observed, fasts of the Orthodox Churches, commemorating the three days of fasting that Prophet Read more…
Mar Augen (Agwin or Agwen of Clysma / St Eugenios) was a fourth century saint. Mar Augen was an Egyptian, born in the time of Constantine. He was a pearl-fisher at Clysma or Kolzum or Qlysma, the present day, Suez, Egypt. He gathered oysters from the bottom of the sea Read more…
HG Eusebios Thirumeni was born on 16 June 1931. He was the fourth son of P G Thomas and Saramma Thomas, Puthenparampil, Naranganam, Kozhenchery. ‘Baby’ as he was called by his family and Philipose Thomas by his friends, became, ‘Philipose Mar Eusebius’ when he was consecrated as Bishop. He studied at Read more…
St Simeon was born in Qartmin. His father was a leader of the village. When he was four years and seven months old, he was healed through the prayers of St Samuel. When he grew up as a young boy his father took him to the saint. St Samuel gave Read more…
St Samuel lived early 5th century. His father Yuhannon was a wealthy, good man and a leader of his village Eshtin, near a town called Sawro, Mardin, in Turkey. Yuhannon did not have children and ceaselessly prayed to God to give him a child. He was very pious and always Read more…