We have entered into the Great and Holy Week. After fasting with our Lord for 40 days, followed by the arrival of Lazarus Saturday and the Feast of the Lord Jesus Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the intensity in the life of an Orthodox Christian life increases. The preparatory service of Read more
Christ is certainly coming into our midst. This is what His entry at Jerusalem signifies. The kingdom is in an important sense inaugurated when Christ entered Jerusalem. But Christ will also come into our own midst unexpectedly, amidst our own lives, and in connection to the hour of our departure Read more
“And the multitudes that went before, cried saying, Hosanna (save us), Son of David, and the ones that followed, shouted, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matt. 21: 9). The streets of Jerusalem echoed ‘Hosanna in the highest’.” Jesus Christ, the King of kings, made Read more
St. Lazarus, ‘Friend of Christ’ is commemorated on the Saturday before Hosanna, in the Orthodox Church. Lazarus of Bethany is a biblical character mentioned in the Gospel of John11: 1–45. Lazarus (Eleazer-Hebrew) means “God helps.” Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, lived in Bethany, little town two miles outside Jerusalem, Read more
We started our Journey to the Promised Land, forty days ago. Forty days ago, we embarked on a Grand Pilgrimage, intending to return and regain the lost Paradise and all its Glory. On the 40th day of the Great Lent which is always a Friday, our Holy Church commemorates the temptation Read more
As long as the sun shines, till then shall the Catholicate remain Catholicate Day is observed as ‘Day of the Church’ (Sabha Dinam) to reaffirm our loyalty and dedication to the Holy Church, to the Throne of St. Thomas, to the Catholicate of the East and to the Catholicos and Read more
Each of the Great Feasts of the Church is followed by a commemoration or synaxis of some holy one who figures in the events of the Feast. So, on Mar 26, the day after Annunciation to Blessed Virgin Mary, it would be apt to commemorate the Holy Archangel Gabriel, the Read more
When we go down through the annals of history, we find that many religions had fasts with fervent prayers to attain the graces and blessings from Almighty God. Fasting and prayers are observed to enable the weak and the sinful, to prepare and present themselves unto the Mighty, Divine Read more
They who served and died in hopeTrusting in Thy mercy, Lord;May Thy living voice them raiseFrom their graves to paradise Tomorrow, Sunday the 8th February 2026, is the day of remembrance and prayer for all the Faithful Departed. According to our liturgical calendar, our Church commemorates all the departed Read more
Elias Mar Julius, (Mar Yulios Elias Qoro) was a Bishop of the Orthodox Church. He Born as Elias Malke at Mardin, Tukrey on August 1, 1881, as the son of Malke Qoro and educated at school of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. He joined Kurkum Dayra (Mar Hannanyo Monastery) in 1902 and became Read more