MUSCAT: Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan bid good bye to the Sultanate of Oman after a successful three-day visit as host of Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church (MGOC). In a short parting message to MGOC members gathered at the chapel, the Catholicose said: “The visit really created a deep bond of [...]

SALALAH: Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan and Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, Metropolitan of Ahmedabad Diocese, were felicitated at a public reception at the St Stephens Church in Salalah on March 19. Immediately upon arrival at the Salalah International Airport, the Holy Shepherd was taken to the church in a [...]

MUSCAT: Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan received a warm reception by Sunday School Students of MGOC Muscat on March 17, Friday morning after the Holy Qurbana. The speech was a real inspiration for the hundreds of kids gathered in the parsonage. The Supreme Head was welcomed by Mary Varghese (Head-Mistress) [...]

MUSCAT: Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan has praised the missionary zeal of the Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church (MGOC) Muscat which formerly under the Calcutta Diocese had done yeoman service for the upliftment of the downtrodden. The Catholicose was replying to felicitations (Anugraha Prabhashnam) at his reception held at Mar Gregorios [...]

MUSCAT: Family atomosphere and family prayers were very important in daily life, said Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan. His Holiness was addressing a press conference at the MGOC parsonage soon after his arrival in Muscat. The Catholicos began a three-day maiden episcopal visit to the Sultanate from March 17, Thursday. [...]

MUSCAT: Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan, arrived in Muscat on March 17, Thursday morning on a three-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman. Upon arrival at the Ruwi Church PCO compound at 10.25 am, members of the managing committee of MGOC gave the Supreme Head of the Indian Orthodox Church [...]

MUSCAT : Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, Metropolitan of Ahmedabad Diocese, has launched the work for the extension of Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church’s (MGOC) parsonage in Muscat. The Metropolitan led the prayers and blessed the slab of stone at the ceremony on March 10, Thursday evening. The simple ceremony was also attended among others by [...]

MUSCAT : Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, Metropolitan of Ahmedabad Diocese, has expressed his profound sorrow over the killing of thousands after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit northeastern Japan, generating a tsunami as high as 10-metres that swept away people, cars, boats, crops and buildings. The Metropolitan has intensely shared his solidarity with the tsunami [...]

BARODA: Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II declared the Mar Gregorios Orthodox, Baroda, as Valia Palli. The pontifical proclamation was made in the meeting took place on Saturday, 6 March 2011. Metropolitan Dr. Mathews Mar Severios, the Secretary of Holy Episcopal Synod, read out the bull to this effect. Supreme Head of the Malankara Church [...]

UDAIPUR: Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II inaugurated St. Gregorios College, Udaipur, on Friday, 4th March 2011. Pulikkottil Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios, Metropolitan of Ahmedabad Diocese, presided over the inaugural meeting. Prof. I. V. Trivedi, the Vice Chancellor of Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, was the guest of honour. Dr. George Joseph, Association Secretary, Fr. [...]