Week 7 Hosanna/Palm Sunday – (Boys’ and Girl’s Day) Monday of the Passion Week Tuesday of the Passion Week. Wednesday of the Passion Week Passover (Maundy Thursday) Good Friday (Great Friday) Gospel Saturday (Saturday of Good Tidings)
“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
o Evening: John 11:1-27 o Morning: John 11:28-46 o Holy Qurbanao Old Testament ReadingsNumbers 16:42-48; Leviticus 27: 30-33; 2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 61: 1-9o Epistle Readings 1 Peter 2: 6-10; Ephesians 1: 15 – 2: 7o Gospel Reading John 11:14-46 /John 11: 28-46
o Evening: Matthew 4: 1-11o Morning: Luke 4: 1-13 o Holy Qurbana o Old Testament Readings Deut. 1: 3 – 14; II Samuel 24: 18-25: Is. 58: 1-8; Jer. 7: 10-17 o Epistle Readings I Peter 1: 13 – 22: Romans 13: 11 – 14: 9 o Gospel Readings Matthew 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
Evening: Luke 1:26-38 / (Luke 8: 16-21) **Morning: Luke 1:46-55 / (Mark 3: 31-35) **Holy QurbanaOld Testament ReadingsDeut. 26:10-27:10; Judges 13: 2-14; Isaiah 63:15-64:5 (Genesis 28: 10-22; Zech. 2: 10-13, 4: 1-7, 8: 3) **Epistle Readings1 John 3: 2-17; Galatians 4: 1-7 (Heb. 6:13-20; 7:1-10) **Gospel ReadingLuke 1: 26-38 (As Read more