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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

CATHOLICATE CENTENARY CLERGY MEET

ELITE GATHERING:Catholicos of the East Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose-II inaugurates a clergy meet held as part of the Catholicate centenary celebrations of the Malankara Orthodox Church at St. Mary’s Cathedral at Puthenkavu, near Chengannur, on Tuesday.
CATHOLICATE CENTENARY CLERGY MEET
 Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose-II inaugurated the clergy meet held as part of the Catholicate centenary celebrations of the Malankara Orthodox Church at St Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral at Puthenkavu, near Chengannur, on Tuesday.4th December,2012.Thomas Mar Athanaseus, Metropolitan of the Chengannur diocese of the church, presided the inaugural function.
A symposium on ‘Catholicate, symbol of freedom and nationality’ was held as part of the celebrations. Mathews Mar Savarios, secretary of the Church Synod, was the moderator. Elias Cherukad, Fr Jose John, and M. Kurien Thomas presented papers.The ancient St. Mary’s Cathedral at Puthenkavu had hosted the first post-reunion meet of the Malankara Syrian Christian Association way back in 1958.

Prof. John Kurakar

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