Lectionary
Great Lent 2025 Bible Readings – Week 5 I Lord Jesus Christ, Bless us & have mercy on us! I Mar 15 to Mar 21
Mar 15 – Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Kpiptho/Crippled Woman) Holy Qurbana I Peter 3: 8-16; Romans 12: 1-15; Luke 13: 10-17 Mar 16 – Fifth Monday of Great Lent Mar 17 – Fifth Tuesday of Great Lent Mar 18 – Fifth Wednesday of Great Lent Mar 19 – Fifth Read more
Commemorations
Commemoration of King Abgar of Edessa I On Mid Lent Day
On Mid Lent Wednesday, our Holy Church commemorates, an Assyrian King named Abgar V, who ruled Edessa (Oraha – presently called Urfa/Urahay, is a city in the border of Turkey and Iraq. During the public ministry of our Lord, King Abgar of Edessa, was suffering from an incurable disease, sent Read more
Commemorations
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste – Mar 9
The liturgical calendar of the Indian Orthodox Church commemorates the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste on March 09. Emperor Constantine, in AD 313, had issued a decree of religious tolerance, that Christianity was an official religion and gave them freedom of worship, through the Edict of Milan. However, seven years later, Read more
Commemorations
Mar Coorilos Geevarghese, Ambatt – Mar 9
Geevarghese (Korath) was born in around 1834/35, as the third son of Ittimathu and Elikutty of Ambatt Vadakkan family of Akaparambu of Mar Sabor Mar Aphroth Church, Angamali parish. His ancestors originally belonged to Arthatt in Kunnamkulam which is one of the oldest Syrian Christian settlement areas of Malankara. The Read more
Lectionary
Great Lent 2026 Bible Readings – Week 4 I Lord, Teach us to Pray! – Mar 8 to Mar 14
Mar 8 – Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Canaanite woman) Mar 9 – Fourth Monday of Great Lent Mar 10 – Fourth Tuesday of Great Lent Mar 11 – Fourth Wednesday of Great Lent (Mid Lent) John 7: 14-15, 3:13-21 Mar 12 – Fourth Thursday of Great Lent Mar 13 Read more
Commemorations
Mar Anthrayos Bava – Mar 1 I Kallada Valiyaappoopan
Mar Anthrayos, also called Kallada Valiyappoopan arrived in Kerala in A.D. 1678, along with three brothers, one of them was a Ramban. He is considered as a saint mainly based on his devout and pious life. They arrived at Mulanthuruthy Church, where they spent many years. It is said that Read more
Lectionary
Scripture Readings – Mar 1 / Third Sunday of Great Lent (Palsy Sunday) I Hadbšabo d Mshri’o
Evening: Luke 5: 17-26 Morning: John 5: 1-18 Before Holy Qurbana Old Testament Readings 2 Chron. 1: 12-17 ; Deut. 31:19-30; Is. 5: 20-25 (Ex. 4:10 – 17; 2 Kings 2: 1 – 11; Ez. 34:1-16); Holy Qurbana Epistle Readings Acts 28:17-28, Rom. 5: 1-11; (Acts 5:12-16. 19: 8 -12; Read more