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Resurrection message from His Holiness
HH Patriarch Mor Ignatios Zakka I Iwas
During His public ministry, before He raised Lazarus from among the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ declared: "I am the Resurrection and the Life.." (St. John 11:25) And He brought Lazarus back to life after his, body had...

Easter - The Very Day of Victory
by H.G. Dionasios Geevarghese
The Syriac word "KYOMTHO" means "standing" or "resurrection". This word (Kyomtho) derived from "KOM" and it has two meanings; "stood" and "raised from".

The Hope of Resurrection
by Fr. Mathai Varkey Puthukkunnathu
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most prominent event in the New Testament. It altered the perspectives of the disciples about their commission and in nutshell this changed the face of the Earth afterwards.

MGSOSA Southern Regional Leadership Conference
by Dn. Zacharia Varghese
God has been pleased to expand the ministry and scope of our Church in recent years. In happy addition to new parishes being built, new converts being won, and new initiatives being explored our youth members are assuming responsibility...

Notes on Easter
by Mike Wingert
Easter is known by various names around the world. Over time, such names have led to confusion among those who have been searching for a more authentic means to label the holiday.

Elias ibn Hanna al Mawsili: The Syriac Columbus
by Fr. Dale A. Johnson
Discovery and Conquest of America a book about the voyages of Columbus, was written toward the end of the 17th century by a Chaldean Syriac speaking priest from Mosul, who had been educated by the mendicant Capuchin friars in Baghdad.

Christ's Glorious Appearance - The Masanupsa
by Mathew G. Daniel
Why did the prophets prophesize the arrival of the savior of mankind? In Genesis 3:15 we read “and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head and, thou shalt... "

Inauguration of St. Peters Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Phoenix
by SOCM Moderators
The prayers of Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christian Community in Greater Phoenix came to fruition with the inauguration St. Peters Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Phoenix on 12th March 2006 by His Eminence... "

Church & Sacraments: The Essential Marks of the Church
by Prof. O. M. Mathew Oruvattithara
"We believe in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church", so runs an article of Faith of the Episcopal Churches. The very being of the earthly Ecclesia is expressed in these four 'essential' marks enshrined in this Credal confession.

Holy Land Travelogue part 6
by Jose Kurian Puliyeril
This Church is very close to the St. Mary's Church of Annunciation. Under the floor of the Church we could see the carpentry of St. Joseph retained as it was...

The Forty Martys of Sebaste
H.H. Moran Mor Elias III


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