Transcending Time, Shining Across Ages
by D. Babu Paul, Bar Eto Briro
That was early 1970s. Various events had snowballed into a cumulonimbus cloud in Malankara. One fine evening those days there was a usual get-together in the office of K M Cherian, then Chief Editor of MANORAMA. Fr. V M Geevargese, Fr. Paul Vergis the Principal of the Old Seminary, Mar Theophilos of Alwaye, N M Abraham, Senior Assistant Editor of MANORAMA....
Easter
Messageby HE Mathews Mor Theodosius, Kollam Diocese
I would like to share with you some thoughts during this Heavenly fellowship after the resurrection of Christ through the New Sunday. In his sermon to the people, John the Baptist exhorted all to confess their sins, as the Kingdom of God is approaching near. Our Lord also in his sermons preached about the Kingdom of God..
75th Birthday of Patriarch of Antioch
by Shroro Editorial Board
By the Grace of Almighty God, our Holy father, Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas the Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic See of Antioch and all the East and the Primate of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church is celebrating 75th birthday on 21st April 2008...
Another Easterby D. Babu Paul, Bar Eto Briro
Another Easter. This time around it is very early, in fact the second earliest possible date. The date was fixed in 325 CE by the Council of Nicea. The dispute that demanded a solution was not about Easter. It was about Passover. Some held that Passover should be observed along with the Jewish festival whose date would vary from year to year.
The Tongues of Fireby Fr. Mathew Karimpanackal
The Church professes her faith in the Holy Spirit as “The life giving LORD of all”. The creed contains the statement that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and who is worshipped and glorified with the Father and with the Son. Also, it states that the Holy Spirit has spoken through the prophets and the Apostles.
An Syriac Orthodox Priest Shot dead in Baghdad
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An Aramaic Syriac orthodox priest was shot to death yesterday Saturday morning in a neighborhood of the capital of Baghdad. Father Youssef Adel was gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in one of Baghdad’s considered safest neighborhoods Karrada. This barbaric attack took place outside of his house near the St. Peter and Paul Syriac Orthodox church where he presides.
Yes Sir, It's Freeby Fatherge
“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” Jn: 8:32. The Truth will make you free. How? The truth which Christ teaches tends to make men free. Jesus inaugurated His public ministry by reading the following passage: Isa 61:1 “The spirit of sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor....”
