GEEVARGHESE MAR OSTHATHIOS

GEEVARGHESE MAR OSTHATHIOS

The Legendary Metropolitan of the Indian Orthodox Church Geevarghese mar Osthatios passed away  on 16^th February,2012.Mar Osthatios is a world famous theologian, profound writer, orator, and owner of a very versatile personality.He has made vital contributions in developing the missionary activities of the Indian Orthodox Church. He has initiated large number of missionary and charitable institutions The Metropolitan have been decorated with several prestigious awards and one of the major titles was ‘Sabharathnam’.

Dr. Geevarghese Mar Osthathios Metropolitan (92) of the Indian Orthodox Church is widely known in India and abroad as a prophet of social justice and as a propagator of the universal religion of love. His passion for justice, equality, sharing and love is grounded on the Christian doctrine of Holy Trinity.He has given a new approach to the Christian Theology based on the Indian Philosophy and introduced the theory of “Atraita” to complement the theory of Advaita. He is the President of the Malankara Orthodox Church Mission Board since 1979. He taught in the Old Seminary for over 50 years.He has written about 56 books of which 13 are in English. He has participated in so many national and international conferences as a leader, preacher and a resource person.

He is the founder of Mission Training Centre, Mavelikara which gives training to lay missionaries of love and evangelism. He also started more than 40 humanitarian institutions, movements and projects all over India for poor people, HIV positive patients and their children, cancer patients, leprosy patients and their children and orphans, old age homes for men and women,Sick Aid Foundation, House Building Aid Foundation, Self Education and Employment Loan Fund, Save a Heart Foundation, Karunya Guidance Centre, Visrantibhavan, etc.He is also a poet who has written more than 50 songs. The spiritual and revolutionary ideas in the songs, of course will inspire the mind of the faithful urging them to repent and dedicate themselves fully to the Triune God.

വി.സഭ ഇന്നും നാളെയുമായി നിരണം ഭദ്രാസന മുൻ അധിപനും, സഭയുടെ മിഷനറി ബിഷപ്പും ആയിരുന്ന ഭാഗ്യസ്മരനാര്ഹനായ സഭ രെക്നം ഗീവർഗീസ് മാർ ഒസ്താത്തിയോസ് മെത്രപോലീത്തയുടെ 6ആം ഓർമ്മ പെരുന്നാൾ ഭക്തി ആദരവോടെ കൊണ്ടാടുന്നു... പ്രധാന പെരുന്നാൾ വെള്ളി, ശെനി ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ അഭി.പിതാവിന്റെ സമാധി സ്ഥലമായ മാവേലിക്കര സെന്റ് പോൾസ് ചാപ്പലിൽ കൊണ്ടാടുന്നു