Passing of Mr. P. S. Joy

Mr P. S. Joy, the father of Rev. Fr. Alex K. Joy, Vicar of St. George Orthodox Church of Staten Island, New York, passed away in India yesterday. He was 73 years old. Funeral services for the departed will be held on Monday, March 29th, at St. Peter’s Orthodox Church, Kizhavallor. The funeral service of [...]

Rev. Fr. Abraham (Abi) Chacko ordained to the Holy Priesthood

Rev. Dn. Abi Chacko, son of Mr. Chacko C. Kochukunju and Mrs. Rachel Chacko (Chackalayil House, Kadapra, Niranam) was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at his home parish, St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church of West Sayville, New York. The ordination services were be led by Their Graces, Mathews Mar Barnabas, [...]

Week 6 of Great Fast – Devotional & Scripture Readings

Devotional based on texts taken from the Scripture Readings of Sixth Sunday of Fifty days Lent – Blind Man Written by Tenny Thomas Sixth Sunday of Fifty Days Lent Blind Man Evening St. Mark 10 : 46 – 52 Morning St. Matthew 9 : 27-31 Before Holy Qurbana Deuteronomy 25: 13- 16, 26:1 – 13 [...]

His Grace Zachariah Mar Nicholovos speaks at Ecumenical Clergy Fellowship

The quarterly meeting of the St. Thomas Ecumenical Federation Clergy Fellowship of New York, was held on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Sinai Mar Thoma Center, Merrick, New York. His Grace Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, Assistant Metropolitan of the Northeast American Diocese, was the main speaker for the meeting. His Grace presented the theme: ‘Redefining [...]

Rev. Dn. Paul Cherian ordained to the Holy Priesthood

Rev. Fr. Paul Alummoottil Cherian, was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at his home parish, St. Mary’s Orthodox Church of India, Bronx, New York. The ordination services were be led by Their Graces, Mathews Mar Barnabas, Diocesan Metropolitan, and Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, Assistant Metropolitan, assisted by priests, deacons and seminarians [...]

Rev. Dn. Abi Chacko to be ordained to the Holy Priesthood

Rev. Dn. Abi Chacko, son of Mr. Chacko C. Kochukunju and Mrs. Rachel Chacko (Chackalayil House, Kadapra, Niranam) will be ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at his home parish, St. Mary’s Malankara Orthodox Church of West Sayville, New York. The ordination services will be led by Their Graces, Mathews Mar [...]

Clergy Retreat held on Saturday, March 13th

The Clergy of the Northeast of the American Diocese held its annual retreat at St. George Malankara Orthodox Church of Staten Island. After morning prayers led by Metropolitans Mathews Mar Barnabas and Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, Rev. Fr. Alex K. Joy, Vicar of the host parish welcomed the Very Reverend and Reverend Chor Episcopoi, Priest, Deacons [...]

Week 5 of Great Fast – Devotional & Scripture Readings

Devotional based on texts taken from the Scripture Readings of Fifth Sunday of Fifty days Lent – Bent Woman Written by Rev. Dn. Philip Mathew Throughout the Sundays of the Great Lent, the Church has held up to us for our consideration several accounts of people miraculously healed by Christ. All of them have something [...]

Family and Youth Conference Update

Online registration for the Family and Youth Conference 2010 is available! Registration Options Online Registration for stay at the University Apartment Online Registration for stay at the Marriott Hotel Conference Souvenir Form Available Submit your Souvenir Compliment Online For more information about the Family and Youth Conference, visit dioceseconference.org.

Mr. Tenny Thomas to present paper at 6th annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies

Mr. Tenny Thomas, FOCUS Director of the Northeast American Diocese, will be presenting a paper at the Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology’s sixth annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies on March 11 – 13, 2010. Tenny, a graduate student of Union Theological [...]