St. Behanan (Mar Behanam) was the prince of a country called ‘Asoor’. Traditionally, the king and the people of Asoor were ‘fire worshipers’. The king of Asoor – father of St. Behanan – Senharib (Sennacherib) was no exception. But he and the royal family were worried about a kind of Read more
Philoxenos is remembered as a scholar, philosopher, Syrian bishop, an elegant writer, an exponent of practical Christianity, ascetic theologian, classical author, erudite Bible scholar, Christological polemicist, sponsor of the Philoxenian NT and a Protagonist of his era. Philoxenos was born in a Christian family, probably in the second or third Read more
Hannah (gracious, favoured) is one of the most poignant and notable characters in the Bible, for her ardent faith and absolute trust in God. Hannah (Anna), mother of Prophet Samuel, was the second wife of Elkanah. She was barren and childless. She prayed for a son, promising to dedicate him Read more
LL HG Mathews Mar Barnabas was one among the twins born to Kuruvilla and Mariamma, a couple of the Kidangethu Thombra family in Kallarackaparampil house at Vengola on August 9, 1924. Mathukutty, as he was fondly called in childhood, was the youngest one among four brothers and two sisters. His Read more
The holy, Apostle Tychicus (Tychikos) was one among the Seventy Apostles, a spiritual student, disciple and companion of St. Paul the Apostle. He was born in Ephesus, in the Roman province of Asia. He was a trustworthy servant of the Lord from Asia Minor. True, Tychicus is only mentioned five times in the Read more
His Holiness Baselios Augen I was born on 26 June 1884 at Perumbavoor, Vengola, to Abraham Kathanar of Thuruthi Chettakulathukara family and Annamma, daughter of Valiyal Mathai at Puthenkurrissu. His father Fr. Abraham was a Scholar of Syriac language. The family as a whole led a very pious and spiritual Read more
St. Ambrose, (Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius) Bishop of Milan, was a theologian, and one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century, in the western world. He was trained in rhetoric and law and was famous as a preacher and champion of orthodoxy especially against the Arians. He was Read more
St. Nicholas is one of the most widely venerated and best loved among saints in all Christendom. The honour extended to him includes not only the Orthodox and Roman Catholics, but Protestant denominations as well. St Nicholas preserved true chastity, with a pure mind always contemplating on the Lord and Read more
Saint Barbara, known as the Great Martyress in Orthodox Churches, was a Christian saint and martyr, who lived in the 3rd century AD. The legend of St Barbara says that she was born in a wealthy aristocratic family, around 300 A.D. at Nicomedia in Bithynia, modern Isnik, Turkey. Lovely and Read more
Saint John the Hermit, also known as St John the Solitary or Silent or Hesychast (Greek), was an a fifth-century ascetic saint in Palestine. He was a theologian and theoretician of the spiritual life, who has introduced the discussion of passions in Syriac Christianity and taught the gradual healing from Read more