Participation

Drinking at the Source by Kirk Yacoub West On April 22nd, 2006, the Saturday of Easter week, I was baptised into the Syriac Orthodox Church. It may seem strange that a 53 year old Englishman should choose baptism into a church whose liturgical language, Syriac....

Five new Metropolitans Ordained for the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church in India by Thomas Daniel Malankara Archdiocese of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church is blessed with five more Metropolitans All Bishop designates were consecrated as Metropolitans at St. Thomas Jacobite Syrian Church, North Parur during the blessed St. Thomas Day of 2006.

Women in the Syrian Tradition Susan Ashbrook Harvey Syriac legend holds that Christianity was brought to India by the apostle Judas Thomas in the middle of the first century A.D. At the beginning of the Acts of Thomas, the form in which this legend survives, two striking encounters with women take place.

The Seven Sacraments (Part 2) by Prof. O.M Mathew Oruvattithara Originally, Chrismation was administered jointly with Baptism. Of course, there was no uniformity regarding the order of precedence in administration. According to the 'Acts of Thomas', an apocryphal text of antiquity, 'anointing' was followed...

The Rule of John of Mardin by Fr. Dale A. Johnson The Monastery of Hananyo is known today as the monastery of Deir Zafaran (Saffron Monastery). It is famous as the seat of Patriarchs of the West Syrian Church for 700 years from the 12th to 20th century when the Patriarchal See moved from Turkey to Syria.

Consecration of Mor Chrysostomos Markose by H.E Geevargis Mor Athanasios Wednesday, 12th July 06, morning, Their Graces Mor Theodosios Mathews, Mor Aphrem Mathews and Mor Osthatheos Pathros concelebrated the Holy Qurbono at the St. Aphrem Chapel of the St. Aphrem the Syrian Monastery in Ma'arrat Seydnaya, Damascus, Syria.

Pictures from the Family Conference of the Malankara Archdiocese in North America The 2006 Annual Family conference of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America was held from July 6 - 9, 2006 at the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa Kerhonkson, New York.

Bible

Healing of the Paralytic
The Pharisees
Verse 2: “And they brought to him a paralytic.”
Verse 2: “Take courage, my son”
Verse 7-13
Verse 9: “A man named Matthew sitting at customs post”
Verse 10-13
Verse 14-15
Verse 18-20
Verse 27-36

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