The former Malankara Orthodox governor of India's Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra states, Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander, has fallen asleep at the age of ninety at a hospital near his home in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. Alexander, who also served as principal secretary to Indian Prime Ministers Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, is to be buried at his home parish in Kochi, St. Mary's Church. May his memory be eternal! More here.
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Showing posts with label Malankara Orthodoxy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malankara Orthodoxy. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Hindus Burn Kerala Church
A Malankara Orthodox (or possibly a Malankara Catholic) church has been burned down in the Indian state of Kerala by Hindu fundamentalists. More here.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Catholicos Aram Receives Mount Lebanon Metropolitan
Catholicos Aram I (Keshishian) of Sis of the Armenian Orthodox Church received Metropolitan Mor Theophilos (Saliba) of Mount Lebanon of the Syriac Orthodox Church today to discuss the situation of the Malankara Orthodox Church, which has been divided by a schism between 'autocephalists' and 'autonomists' on and off for nearly a century. More here.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Fast of Nineveh
Today is the first day of the Fast 
of Nineveh. While the Roman Orthodox world (Arabs, Greeks, Russians, et cetera) celebrates this as a fast-free week the Copts, Ethiopians, Syrians, Eritreans, and Indians fast for three days in memory of God's mercy to the city of Nineveh and the preaching of St. Jonah there. The Fast originated amongst the Assyrians living around the site of ancient Nineveh and spread westwards from the Church of the East to the Syriac Orthodox Church and its sister churches in Africa. More here. God help you all whatever you are doing this week as we draw closer to the Great and Holy Fast!
of Nineveh. While the Roman Orthodox world (Arabs, Greeks, Russians, et cetera) celebrates this as a fast-free week the Copts, Ethiopians, Syrians, Eritreans, and Indians fast for three days in memory of God's mercy to the city of Nineveh and the preaching of St. Jonah there. The Fast originated amongst the Assyrians living around the site of ancient Nineveh and spread westwards from the Church of the East to the Syriac Orthodox Church and its sister churches in Africa. More here. God help you all whatever you are doing this week as we draw closer to the Great and Holy Fast!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
"Will There Be an 'Indian Orthodox Church of North America'?"
An interesting article proposing the eventual development of an autocephalous 'Indian Orthodox Church of North America' by Fr. Joy Pyngolil can be found here.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Brahmavar Orthodoxy and St. Julius of Goa
A fascinating survey of the life of St. Julius
of Goa, the first Orthodox Christian of the Roman Rite to be glorified since the Great Schism of 1054 and a metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church, and his flock in Goa can be found here.
Pictured is a painting of St. Julius, enthroned as Metropolitan Mor Julius Alvares of Ceylon, Goa, and India (outside Kerala), in West Syrian-style vestments.
of Goa, the first Orthodox Christian of the Roman Rite to be glorified since the Great Schism of 1054 and a metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church, and his flock in Goa can be found here.Pictured is a painting of St. Julius, enthroned as Metropolitan Mor Julius Alvares of Ceylon, Goa, and India (outside Kerala), in West Syrian-style vestments.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Muted Christmas Celebrations in Kerala
Celbrations for new style Nativity in Kerala are somewhat muted this year due to the recent death of the Indian state's chief minister, whose funeral cortege passed through predominantly Orthodox Christian and Roman Catholic central Kerala on the eve of the holiday. More here.
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