“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
Evening: Luke 19: 28-40 Night: Mathew 21: 1-22Morning: Mark 11: 1-26 Holy QurbanaOld Testament ReadingsGen. 49: 8-15; Job 26:1-14; 2 Samuel 6:1-7; I Kings 8: 1 – 6; Micah 4: 1 -5; Daniel 3:7-11; Isaiah 52:7-12; Epistle Readings1 John 5: 1 -12; Romans 8: 18 -25 Gospel ReadingJohn 12: 12-19 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
Mar Dionysius I, was the sixth Metropolitan of the Malankara Church from 1765 until his death, in 1808. He belonged to the Pakalomattom family (Thazhmon, Ayroor). Thus, was also known as Mar Thoma VI. Mar Thoma VI is the first of the fathers to adopt an Antiochian name (Dionysius) after his ordination Read more
Pampady Kuriakose Mar Gregorios, a saintly sage of Malankara Orthodox Church, in its true sublime sense, had been a simple and humble priest of our Lord and a man of great faith, who possessed the spiritual gift of love. A man, who lived, detached from all worldly desire, submitting Read more
St. John Climacus (Klimakos) is honored by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as a great ascetic and as the author of a remarkable work entitled, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, a treasury of spiritual wisdom. Therefore, he has been named ‘Climacus‘ or ‘of the Ladder‘. He is known also as Read more
Mar Thoma IV was the fourth bishop who was the Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Church in India in 1688 – 1728. Nothing much known about his earlier days, but like his predecessors, he belonged to the Pakalomattom family, just like his predecessors and was as an able and pious Metropolitan. Mar Thoma III died Read more
Saint Patrick was born around 385/387, in the village of Bannavem Taberniae, in a part of Britain now known as Wales. His name Latin Patricius, meaning high-born. His parents were part of the Christian minority of Britain; his father, Calpurnius, was a deacon and a Roman county decurion (tax official), the son of Read more
St. Caesarius {Kesarios, Caesarios (Gk)} was born in Ad 331, in Arianzus, near Nazianzus, as the son of St Gregory, the elder and St. Nonna and the brother of St Gregory the Theologian. He was like his brother, a theological writer. He probably studied at Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia in preparation for the elite Read more
St Onesimus, a fugitive slave of St. Philemon, was a Phrygian by birth. Apostle St. Paul mentions him, as a dear brother and son, while in chains, in his prison epistle to St. Philemon. He was a Christian of distinguished lineage, living in the city of Colossae, Phrygia. The fugitive Read more