Mar Ivanios Episcopa arrived at Kothamangalam in September 1685, accompanying St. Yedho Mor Baselios, who is also known as “Kothamangalam Bava” and whom we remember in the 5th Thubden. Because of the tedious journey from Mosul to India, the aged, Yedho Mor Baselios was totally exhausted, by the time he reached Kerala. He lived Read more
Moran Mar Ignatius Abded Mshiho II was the Patriarch of Antioch, from 1895 until 1903. Abded Mshiho was born in the village of Qal’at Mara, east of Mardin, in 1854 and at the age of 12, in 1866, he joined the Monastery of Mar Hananyo (Monastery of Saint Ananias – Read more
The Prophet Micah, the sixth of the Twelve Minor Prophets, was Moreshtite, descendant from the tribe of Judah, a native of the small village of Moresheth, near Gath (Jer. 26: 18; Micah 1:1). His name is a shortened version of Micaiah, which means ‘who is from God’. His prophetic service began around Read more
Holy, glorious, right-victorious, great-martyr, servant of our Lord, Demetrius of Thessaloniki the Myrrh Streamer, Myrovletes (myrrh-emitting) and wonder-working saint was born in Thessalonica to noble and devout parents of the Roman province of Macedonia. Implored of God by childless parents, Demetrius was their only son, and so was raised and educated Read more
Malankara Sabhayude Dharma Yogi He was the first to use the term ‘AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH’, in our Church. First to start a monastic community of the MOSC, Bethany Ashram First Metropolitan of the Outside Kerala Diocese, MOSC. He took the Malankara Orthodox Church outside India to a Global Level. H.G. Alexios Read more
H.G.Paulose Mar Pachomios was born as the second child of Mr. K. K .John and Mariamma John on the 26th of January 1946 in Kolathukalathil Neysseril family, Kurichy. HG’s family has the great tradition of holy fathers like St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril and Catholicos His Holiness Moron Mar Read more
Our Church celebrates the Feast of Martha Shmooni (Solomonia) and her seven sons, on August 1. The story Martha Shmooni and her seven sons and their teacher Eleazar, from the Book of 2 Maccabees chapter 6 and 7. After the period of exiles of Israelites to Babylon, before the incarnation Read more
Gregory Bar Hebraeus (1226 – 1286), Syriac name Mar Gregorios Bar Ebraya, was one of the most learned, erudite and a versatile broadminded bishop of the Orthodox Syrian Church, philosopher, poet, grammarian, physician, Bible commentator, historian, Polymath and theologian of all times and generations. He was extremely fond of learning since his childhood. Read more
Mar Epiphanius is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He was a zealous bishop and a revered ascetic, who gained a reputation as a strong defender of Orthodoxy. Epiphanius was born in a Hellenised Christian Jewish family, in the small settlement of Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis (modern-day Beth Guvring, Jibrin) meaning ‘house of strong men’, in Read more
Blessed Roque Zephrin Noronha was born on 20th Oct. 1850, at Angediva – Bardez, Goa, as the youngest son of Custodio Santa Anna de Noronha and Feleciana Dionisia Assumpcao da Silva. After completing basic education, he joined the Rachol Royal Seminary in Margoa Goa. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Read more