It was during the time of the Babylonian captivity, Daniel and three fellow Hebrews, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were chosen to enter the king’s service because they were “young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified…” (Daniel Read more
o Evening: Luke 14: 25-35o Morning: Luke 15: 1-10o Holy Qurbana o Old Testament ReadingsExodus 14: 21-31; I Samuel 8: 4 – 10; Isaiah 43: 1-5o Epistle ReadingsI John 2: 22-29; Ephesians 6: 10-17o Gospel ProclamationMark 10: 35-45 (Luke 6: 39 – 45) **
Mar Labi often called as Judas (Jude in English) is variously named. Jerome called him Thaddaeus Trinomius, which means a man with three names. In Mark he is Thaddeus.In Matthew he is called Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddeus. Matthew 10:3 in the Peshitta Bible reads as (and Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai Read more
Joseph Mar Pachomios was born to, Poovathumkal Iype Varkey and Annamma Valiyakattayil on June 19, 1926, in North Mulakulam. He had his schooling at St. Joseph High School, Piravom. At a very young age, he was initiated into the study of Syriac language, the Scriptures, and priestly rites under the Read more
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
o Evening: Mark 3: 28-35 + Mathew 12: 43-45 + Luke 11: 27-32 o Morning: Luke 2: 32-51+ Mathew 12: 46-50o Holy Qurbanao Old Testament ReadingsExodus 19: 16-23; Joshua 4: 4-10; Is. 45: 11 -19 o Epistle ReadingsActs 7: 44-53; Heb. 9: 3-12o Gospel ProclamationLuke 11: 27 -36;
o Evening: Mark 4: 21-34o Morning: Matthew 13: 44-52o Holy Qurbanao Old Testament ReadingsDeut. 25: 13-16; 1 Samuel 2:31-36; Ps. 27; Ezekiel 7: 1-4 o Epistle ReadingsJames 4: 7-5: 6; Philippians 4: 8-20o Gospel ProclamationMatthew 21: 28-32
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