Fasting prayer held at Marthoman Jacobite Syrian Orthodox "Cheria Pally" Kothamangalam

ഉപവാസ പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥന നടത്തപ്പെട്ടു. തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടു പോയ രണ്ടു ബിഷപ്പുമാരുടെ മോചനത്തിനും, സഭ നേരിടുന്ന എല്ലാ പ്രശ്നങ്ങളുടെയും പരിഹാരത്തിനായി ശ്രേഷ്ഠ കാതോലിക്ക ബസേലിയോസ് തോമസ് പ്രഥമന്‍ ബാവായുടെയും സഭയിലെ മറ്റു മേത്രാപോലീത്താമാരുടെയും നേതൃത്വത്തില്‍ കോതമംഗലം ചെറിയപള്ളിയില്‍ വച്ച് ഉപവാസ പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥന നടത്തപെട്ടു.. കാണാതായ ബിഷപ്പുമാരുടെ ആരോഗ്യത്തിനും പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള മോചനത്തിനും സഭാമക്കള്‍ എല്ലാവരും ഒന്നടങ്ങം പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിക്കണമെന്ന് ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബാവാ ആവശ്യപെട്ടു.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urges release of captive bishops

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urged on Saturday an “unconditional” release of two bishops kidnapped this week in Syria.

OIC secretary general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu condemned the kidnapping on Monday of Aleppo’s Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos Yaziji and Syriac Orthodox Bishop Yohanna Ibrahim by armed men as they were en route to the northern city from the Turkish border.

He called in a statement for their “immediate and unconditional release because such act contradicts the principles of true Islam, and the (high) status held for Christian clergymen in Islam.”

The head of the 57-member organization of states said Christian clergy always “lived in dignity and honor in the countries of Islam.”

No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, but sources at the Greek Orthodox Church have said the kidnappers are “Chechen jihadists.”

Christians account for around five percent of Syria’s population. They have become increasingly vulnerable to attack and abductions in the lawlessness that has engulfed much of the country since an uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted two years ago.

His Holiness the Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas instructed to conduct a special prayers in all Syriac Orthodox Churches during the Holy Qurbono on Saturday 27/04/2013, the Saturday of La`azar of Bethania, for safety of the kidnapped Metropolitans

Third day to the abduction of Metropolitans

The kidnapping of the two Metropolitan Archbishops of Aleppo, Mor Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, and Paul Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, and the killing of their driver whilst they were carrying out a humanitarian mission, is a dramatic confirmation of the tragic situation in which the Syrian people in general and the Christian communities in particular in Syria are living.

Every prelate of the both churches Syriac and Greek is putting possible efforts now to facilitate the soonest possible release of the abducted archbishops from captivity. We the moderators of Mor Bahnan Study Circle (MBSC) & Malankara Syriac Voice (MSV) Team urge every one to pray that the Lord keep them unharmed and return them as soon as possible to their suffering congregation.

Logo of CAREER 2013 released by H B Mor Baselios Thomas I Catholicose

H B Mor Baselios Thomas I Catholicose & Dr. Matthews Mor Anthimos released the logo of CAREER 2013. This an Educational Exhibition organized by the Youth Association of Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, that which intends to bring together the Students their Parents and Educational Entrepreneurs. The program is scheduled to be start from April30th to May14th 2013 on five major cities in Kerala at Muvattupuzha, Kattapana, Wayanad, Thrissur and Thiruvalla.

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