AN ECUMENICAL CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE FOR KERALA MALAYALEE CHRISTIANS
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REV. FR. M.K. KURIAKOSE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF SACERDOTAL ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY

This is an occasion of great joy and happy to know that beloved Kuriakose Achen is completing fifty years in his priestly service. Rev. Fr. M. K. Kuriakose is a senior priest and widely known in the North East American Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Church. He is currently the Vicar of St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Philadelphia, USA. This Golden Jubilee year anniversary of our beloved Achen, Rev. Fr. Father M. K. Kuriakose, marks a significant milestone in his life of dedicated service to God, our Church and to the community. On this day August 31, 2025, we joyfully celebrate the day he was ordained to the priesthood and began his sacred ministry.
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MOR BASELIOS JOSEPH I - MAPHRIAN (CATHOLICOS)

Mor Baselios Joseph I was ordained as the new Maphrian (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church in India on March 25, 2025. The ordination took place at the Church of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, in Atchaneh, Bikfaya, Lebanon, and was officiated by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, assisted by senior metropolitans of the Holy Synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Mor Baselios Joseph I succeeds the late Mor Baselios Thomas I, who passed away in October at the age of 95. During this great ceremony of joy, we felicitate and congratulate Thirumeni on this grand occasion. May God Shower His Choicest Blessings on Thirumeni in abundance and keep in good health lead the sheep. LOL as a whole wish all the best for Thirumeni and pray to God Almighty for all the blessings to Thirumeni from heaven.
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CATHOLICOS H.H. BASALIOS MARTHOMA MATHEWS III

H.H. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III is the Ninth Catholicos of the East in Malankara succeeding H.H. Baselios Marthoma Paulose II the Eighth Catholicos of the East in Malankara who departed for heavenly abode on July 2021. As a key advancement of the epoch, Episcopal synod of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) held at Church headquarters in Devalokam in Kottayam presided over by the eldest Metropolitan Kuriakose Mar Cleemmis, has unanimously nominated Dr. Mathews Mar Saverios as the Catholicos designate and the Supreme Head of the Church. All 24 Metropolitans present in the synod had cheered on the decision. Mar Saverios was the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Kandanad West and the Diocese of Kottayam Central. He is also the former secretary of the Episcopal Synod.
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Dr. Rajan Mathew
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It is valuable to know about mountains in the Bible because they help us to connect with the Lord and place He lived in this world.class="MOMOB">
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