Great Lent: A Faithful Pilgrim's Progress
by Ypdkno Dr. Paul Samuel
Christian is one who is in Christ. And to be in Christ means, to be in the body of Christ which is none other than the Holy Church. The faithful is always in a journey. This journey has been likened to the journey of the Israel to the promised land from the crutches of Pharaoh. The Church in this mortal world is only shadow of the one that is above which is the real Holy Church.
The Significance of the Nineveh Lent for us Today
by H.E. Geevarghese Mor Koorilose
Although the least in terms of the number of days of fast, the "Nineveh Lent" is one of the most important fasts in the Syrian Orthodox Church tradition. Fasting is meant to be a sign of our giving up of our ego or `selves' for the sake of others. They are, in other words, occasions of self-emptying or `kenosis' of which the supreme example is Jesus Christ himself (Phil.2)
by Abraham Paul
The happening across the world clearly indicate that Religion controlling Political power is more harmful and dangerous than Politics interfering in religion. The hyper active wings of dominant religions with the patronage of political hierarchies indulging in anti-secular, anti-democratic and anti-minority activities have become a common scene.
