Commemorations

LL HG Thoma Mar Dionysius – Dec 3 I Holy Ecclesiastical and Versatile Social leader, Guardian of Orthodoxy, Philanthropist, Educationist and Founder of Mount Tabor Monastery

LL H. G. Thoma Mar Dionysius, former metropolitan of Niranam Diocese, and founder of Mount Tabor Dayara, Pathanapuram. Mar Thoma Dionysius was born on 8th June 1887 at Mavelikara as the son of Kallumpurathu Poovathur Mathew and Pallivathukal Aleyamma. C M Thomas’ mother Aleyamma lost her first child during pregnancy, Read more

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Holy Prophet Nahum – Dec 1

Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Tanakh, also called the Hebrew Bible and The Old Testament. His name means ‘comforter’, ‘consolation’ or ‘repose’ and he was from the town of Alqosh (Elkosh) (Nahum 1: 1), in northern Iraq and Capharnaum (Capernaum) of Northern Galilee. and referred as an Elkoshite. He was a very nationalistic Hebrew and lived amongst Read more

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St Dionysius Barsleebi – Nov. 28 I Eloquent Doctor, Star of his Generation and a Philoponus

Dionysius Barsleebi (Dionysius Bar Salibi, baptised Jacob, was a 12th century bishop of the Orthodox Syriac Church. He assumed the name ‘Dionysius’ when consecrated to the bishopric. He is a well-known, able and most voluminous, prolific writer and spokesman of the Syriac language of the 12th century. He was like Bar-Hebraeus, Read more

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St. Jacob Baradaeus – Yakub Burdhana – Jul 31/ Nov 28 I Venerable and Holy Father I Upholder of Orthodox Faith

St. Jacob Baradaeus (Yakub Burdhana), was a great saint, and one of the well-known Church Fathers, known for his godliness and piety, the greatest Apostolic fighter in support of the True faith, who attained the summit of religious and austere asceticism. He was born at Tella Mouzalat, otherwise called Constantina, Read more

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Glorious! Gifted!! Gregorios!!! – LL HG Paulose Mar Gregorios – A Smarananjali I Mar Gregorios of India I Star of the East.

Bishop Paulose Mar Gregorios, who shepherded the Delhi Diocese, of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India, as Metropolitan and Archbishop, for over two decades, was a larger-than-life-figure. He was gifted with a penetrating intelligence and remarkable clarity of mind. He is known for his unusual versatility and profound social sensitivity. Read more

By Jacob P Varghese, ago