Shroro:

By Thomas Daniel

The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Diaspora in Malankara is joining world wide relief, serving the victims of the massive earthquake disaster and Tsunami throughout Southern Asia.

By H.H. Ignatius Zakka Iwas - Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

We are deeply grieved to know of the great disaster caused in India and other nearby countries by the recent earthquakes in the Asia-Pacific region.

By H.H. Ignatius Zakka Iwas - Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

Apostolic Benediction to our beloved Metropolitan His Eminence Mor Theethose Yeldo and to our spiritual children.

By H.B. Basileos Thomas I, Catholicos of all India

God the Almighty had given mankind the gift of happiness, through the Christmas.

By His Eminence Mor Tithos (Titus)

It is indeed a matter of pleasure to see that our SOCM Forum moderators came up with an idea of having an e-magazine of our Church.

By Dr. D. Babu Paul

As the Christmas approaches I cannot but recall the transformation of Christmas in my ownmind over the last fifty-plus years of clear memory.

By Mike Wingert

We in the diaspora often take for granted what Syriac Orthodox Christians in Iraq have endured for centuries, and sadly continue to endure to this day.

From Sabro - Archdiocese of the Western USA

This is a Syriac icon which is now in Berlin, (Preuss. Bibl. Sachau 220 fo 8v.), It is about the three wise men who saw the star and followed it to Bethlehem and offered baby Jesus their gifts.

From the Syriac Orthodox Synaxarium

Bishop of Myra (see footnote) in Lycia; died 6 December, 341/5. Though he is one of the most popular and honored saints in the East and west Churches, there is scarcely anything historically certain about the saint, yet in Syriac history we find the full story of him.

By Rev Fr. Joseph Kulathramannil

Kochuparambil Paulose, who was the beloved disciple of the pious and saintly Mor Koorilos Yuyakim, was born as the third son of Mulanthuruthy Kochuparambil Thomman on 20th Vrichikam 1027 (5th December 1852).

By Rev. Dn. Zacharia Varghese

Fall being the Thanksgiving season, it was deemed appropriate to focus on thankfulness. Colossians 3:17 was selected as the overarching “theme verse.”

From the AP

Masked men detonated a bomb near an Orthodox church in southern Baghdad on Monday, and police at the scene said three people were killed and 34 wounded.