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Commemorations

Commemorations

LL HG Geevarghese Mar Dioscoros – July 23 I 1926 – 1999

Geevarghese Mar Dioscoros was born on 12 October 1926, the youngest son of Kunjupappi and Achamma of the Thevervelil Family in Kozhencherry. After completing Intermediate at Madurai American College in 1948, he joined the Madras Christian College. He graduated from there in 1950 and took his master’s degree in Sociology Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 21, 2021 ago
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Mary Magdalene | Apostle to the Apostles, Myrrh Bearer – July 22

Mary Magdalene is mentioned in all four canonical gospel accounts, where she appears as the first-named of Jesus’ female followers and played an important and pivotal role in Christ’s Ministry. She is mentioned about 12 times in the N. T. and most of the times she is mentioned in the Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 21, 2021 ago
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St. Makrina, the Younger – July 19 I (A.D. 327 – 379)

Makrina was born in A.D. 327, Caesarea, Cappadocia, in a renowned holy family. Her father, Basil the elder, was a well-known lawyer and orator in Pontus. Her mother, Emelia, was the daughter of a martyr, during the time of persecution of Maximian. Her grandmother was Makrina the Elder. Basil and Emelia had Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 18, 2021 ago
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Holy Martyrs Kuriakos and Mother Yulletti – July 15

The legend of Yulletti (Julitta) and Kuriakos (Quriaqos in Syriac Aramaic) means “belonging to the Lord”, still persists in various forms. We are told that when persecution was raging against Christians under Diocletian (284-305), a wealthy, faithful and pious Christian noblewoman named Julitta was widowed with a three-year-old son named Kuriakos Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 14, 2021 ago
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Mar Abhai, the Martyr – Oct 1/July 15/Jul 22

Mar Abhai, saint, and martyr, ascetic, born in a village Raksan in Mardin, Turkey in the middle of the fourth century BC. Abhai abandoned the world, gave all his wealth to the poor and joined a Dyayra (monastery). He had recourse to ascetic life in the mountain of Karkar and Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 14, 2021 ago
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Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius II | July 12 I Malankara Sabha Thejus – Mar Dionysius V

Joseph Mar Dionysius II was born on November 12, 1833, in the Pulikkottil family of Kunnamkulam near Trichur. His father was Tharu Kurien, the nephew of ‘ Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysius I’ (the founder of the Old Seminary at Kottayam) and mother, Thadamma, the brother’s daughter of Paingamukku ‘Kuthuru’ Geevarghese Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 12, 2021 ago
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H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II – Jul 12 I (1946 – 2021)

His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Paulose II was born on 30th August 1946 in a village called Mangad near Kunnamkulam, Trissur District, Kerala as the son of the late Kollannur Iype and the late Kunjeetty, who hails from the famous family of Pulikkottil. Paul was baptized at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Pazhanji, named Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 12, 2021 ago
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LL HG Zechariah Mar Dionysius Metropolitan – July 7 I 1924-1997

Zechariah Mar Dionysius Metropolitan was born on 6th August 1924, as the third son to Chandapilla and Elizabeth of Mulamootil Mangalavila family in Kundara. He was baptised by HH Catholicos Baselios Geevarghese II, at Kundara Valliya Palli. He had his preliminary schooling in St Kuriakose School, Kundara. He continued his Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 7, 2021 ago
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Mar Thoma VII | Jul 5 | 1808 – 1809

Mar Thoma VII was a bishop of the Malankara Church from 1796 and Malankara Metropolitan from April 1808 to July 1809. Mathen, as he known in his childhood, was born in Pakalomattom family, one of the oldest families in Kerala. He became a deacon and a priest at a very early age. Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJuly 5, 2021 ago
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HG Geevarghese Mar Severios – June 11 (1851-1927) – First Metropolitan of the Knanaya Diocese

Geevarghese Mar Severios was the first Metropolitan of the Knanaya diocese. He was born on 12 November 1851 to Fr. Cherian Philipose of the Edavazhickal family, the vicar of Kottayam Valiyapally, and Kunjachi. After his primary education Geevarghese prepared to become a priest. He was ordained deacon on 10 August Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, 4 yearsJune 10, 2021 ago

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