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YOUTH IMPACT April 2010

YOUTH IMPACTYOUTH IMPACTA monthly publication by MGOCSM Sarita Vihar Parishmonthly publication by MGOCSM Sarita Vihar Parish

EDITORIAL BOARD

PRESIDENT

Rev. Fr. Thomas John Mavelil

EDITOR

Dr. Wills Thomas

SUB-EDITOR

Saino Wilson

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Bibin Varghese

Anish Thomas

Dennis Daniel

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM

Winnie Thomas

Jinu Varghese

Anusha Thomas

Annie Joseph

Humble Varghese

CHIEF CORRESPONDENT

Robin Raju

ASSISTANT CORRESPONDENTS

Sibin Mathew Johny

Honey Varghese

Koshy Varhese

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Table of contents

Editor Speaks

Major Church events

Reading Easter in a Resurgent India By Abu Mathen

George

Reunion in Galilee By Jinu Varghese

Is Easter just about Abstinence? By Maria Wills Thomas

When I say, "I am a Christian By Saino Wilson

Easter By Sibin Mathew Johny


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Editor Speaks

Lent has almost come to an end and what most of us now eagerly wait

for is the Easter Feastersession which sure does comes after a long

wait. All the vices which we give up during the Lent come back with a

vengeance. We seem to run after the very same things which we abhor

during the lent period. Control and self discipline seem to take a back

seat and what follows is a dramatic session of gluttony and self

indulgence.

I am sure this is not the transformation that God was expecting in us

following the lent.

This months Youth Impact tries to dwell on the aforementioned

scenario which all of us come across in our Christian lives.

By Dr. Wills Thomas


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Major church events in the month of

March2nd March 2010

Consecration of the Metropolitans on September 23

KOTTAYAM: The Holy Episcopal Synod of Malankara Orthodox Churchapproved the election of seven candidates to episcopacy at the MalankaraSyrian Christian Association met on February 17 at Sasthamkotta. The HolySynod met at the Catholicate Palace Hall, Devalokam and HH the Catholicospresided over sessions. Sittings of the Holy Synod stretched from February18th through 26.

Fr. Dr. John Mathews, Fr. V. M. James, Fr. Dr. Nathaniel Ramban, Fr.

Yoohanon Ramban, Fr. Dr. Sabu Kuriakose, Fr. Dr. George Pulikottil and Fr.Dr. V. M. Abraham are the seven Metropolitan-elects.Out of these seven fiveare priests and they will be professed as Remban on April 15th, 2010 atParumala St. Peters and St. Pauls Orthodox Church. They will beconsecrated as bishops on Thursday, September 23, 2010. Venue for theconsecration will be announced later. Holy Episcopal Synod Secretary Dr.Mathews Mar Severios presented minutes. Youhanon Mar Milithos, ZachariahMar Nicholavos, Alexios Mar Eusebius and Dr. Youhanon Mar Dioscoros ledthe daily retreats.

In order to form a social service strategy for the Church a committee wasformed with Youhanon Mar Chrisostomos as Chairman. Department ofHuman Resource Development will be reconstituted as Ministry of HumanEmpowerment and the new Ministry will begin a Family Centre and anEmployment Portal to cater to the various needs of faithful.

The Holy Synod decided to celebrate World Ecological Day, June 5th anddecided further to organize a range of ecological awareness programs. It wasfurther decided that in 2012, when the Church celebrates Centenary ofCatholicate and 1960 years of Christianity in India an InternationalSymposium will be organized, in which all Oriental Orthodox Churches shall

participate.

From now on Visitor Bishop for the Christusishya Ashram, Thadagam, will beDr. Zachariah Mar Theophilos.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 2nd, 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/02/conscration-of-the-metropolitans-o
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2nd March 2010

Second Commemorative Feast of Mar Makarios

KOTTAYAM: Second remembrance of Metropolitan Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios

was observed at the Catholicate Chapel, Devalokam, where the bishop was

laid to eternal rest. The Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Didymos I was the

chief celebrant. Youhanon Mar Polycarpos celebrated Holy Qurbana.

Metropolitan Dr. Thomas Mar Athanasios made the remembrance speech. On

the eve of remembrance, bishop elect Youhanon Remban gave leadership for

evening prayer and procession.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 2nd, 2010.

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/02/second-commemorative-feast

5th March 2010

Metropolitan-Elects: Consecration Pre-poned

KOTTAYAM: Consecration of Metropolitan-Elects is likely to be on

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Kottayam, Mar Elia Cathedral, IOH has learned

from dependable sources. Fr. Dr. Nathanael Remban and Fr. Youhanon

Remban are among the seven Metropolitan-Elects and the rest five priests,

namely, Fr. Dr. John Mathews, Fr. V.M. James, Fr. Dr. Sabu Kuriakose, Fr. Dr.

George Pulikkottil and Fr. Dr. V.M. Abraham, would be professed as Rembans

likely on March 21 at Parumala Seminary. According to the proposal of Holy

Synod, these dates were April 15th and September 23, 2010. September 23

was, however, declared as Panchayat Election in Kerala and therefore, there

arouse a need for change for the date of consecration. It was in thesecircumstances that the Catholicos has decided to pre-pone the dates to make

it more convenient, assumes IOH. Preparation for the five priests ahead of

their profession as Rembans is planned at Kottayam, Njaliyakuzhy Dayara.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 5th, 2010.

Source:

http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/05/metropolitan-elects-consecra
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8th March 2010

Georgian Pilgrim Centre Opened in Bangalore

BANGALORE: St George Orthodox Church, Indiranagar was proclaimed asGeorgian Pilgrim Centre on Sunday March 7 by Metropolitan Abraham MarEpiphanios,as per the holy edict of the Catholicos Baselius Mar ThomaDidiymus I, Supreme Head of the Indian Orthodox Church.

The edict was proclaimed after the Holy Trimass. The edict also elucidatesgrounds for the elevation through this decree. The congregation heartilywelcomed this decree and praised the Lord for the patron saint St George forthe favours.In his message at the public function held thereafter, Metropolitanreiterated that irrespective of religion, it is important to know that Godunderstands your need when you approach God in prayer. When one is closeto God, he understands your every need without having to express it.

Sri N A Harris, MLA, Shantinagar, Bangalore, C M Philipose Cor EpiscopaRemban, Fr Jacob Mathew, Fr Shiju, Fr Saji Daniel, Col. K C George, Fr V PIdichandy, Thomas Tharakan and Dr. Lalitha Oommen spoke on the occasion.Sri Harris articulated on the Bishops quote of Jesus Christs teaching LoveThy Neighbour and advocated to expand its horizon across communities bytreating each other as human beings and being patriotic in the service of ournation. Sri Harris spoke in English, then in Malayalam and then translatedsome of the points highlighted by the Bishop in Kannada for the benefit of the

Kannada speaking community in the audience.Sri Harris was accompanied bymany social workers & trustees of temples, mosques, churches of variousdenominations from all over Bangalore. All were welcomed by presentingbouquets to each one by the small children from the church sunday school.

Cor Episcopos Philipose Remban in his presidential address reminded that allof the struggles in the establishment of the new church and was ecstatic of theelevation of the church he commandeered to build. Prayers will be held in frontof the Cross Tower every Wednesday evening informed Fr Saji Daniel, thevicar.

Written By: Biji Kurian John on Mar 8th, 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/08/georgian-pilgrim-centre
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11th March 2010

OCYM Dubai Unit Handed Over Haiti Aid

DUBAI: It was a day of immense fulfillment for the members of St. Thomas

Orthodox Cathedral Youth Movement Dubai (OCYM), when the materialscollected by them for the relief of Haiti Earth Quake victims were handed overto Red Crescent , Dubai in a touching ceremony held at the St. Thomas IndianOrthodox Cathedral on Friday,5th March 2010. With the permission of Ministryof Islamic Affairs through Red Crescent Dubai, OCYM collected large quantityof new ready made apparels, medicines and food stuff from the members andtheir well wishers to help the victims of earthquake which struck Haiti on 12

January 2010.The Collected materials cost Indian Currency approximatly 30Lacs were sorted, listed and packed by the members and families of OCYMwho voluntarily worked day and night and were handed over to the Head ofRed Crescent Society, Dubai , Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zarooni byFr. Biju P Thomas, the Unit President and Vicar of St. Thomas OrthodoxCathedral,Dubai. Robinson Panicker, the Trustee of the Cathedral handedover members contribution cheque (Rs.5 Lacs). Asst Vicar Fr. Pathose Joy,Vicar of Jabel Ali Congregation, Fr. Aju Abraham., OCYM Vice President,John P Geroge, Cathredral Secretary Marydasan Thomas, OCYM SecretaryManoj Thomas and Mohammed Kamal from the Red Crescent Society were

present on the occasion. General Convener Abi Paulose welcomed the guestsand OCYM Tresurer Binny Mathew proposed the vote of thanks. ManagingCommittee members, Members of Martha Marium Samajam, MGOCSM,Sunday School, and other members of the participated in the function.

Written By: Manoj Thomas on March 11th 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/11/ocym-dubai-unit-handed-over
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18th March 2010

Marthomma VI Award to Mar Osthathios

CHENGANNUR: First Marthomma VI award will be conferred to the senior

Metropolitan Dr. Geevarghese MarOsthathios. This award was instituted bythe St. Marys Orthodox Cathedral, Puthenkavu on the bicentennial of thedeath of Marthomma VI, who is other wise famed as Mar Dionesius theGreat. The award will be presented at a function on April 21, 2010 atPuthenkavu Cathedral. The award includes Rs. 10001.00 and a felicitationplaque.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 18th, 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/18/marthomma-vi-award-to-mar-osth

18th March 2010

Metropolitan Elects Proceed to Parumala Seminary on Friday

KOTTAYAM: Having received blessings from retreat fathers MetropolitanElects return tomorrow to Parumala Seminary from Mar Baselius Dayara,Njaliyakuzhi. Metropolitan Elects received the goodwill from their retreat

fathers with commitment and assurance to uphold the tradition and heritageof the Malankara Orthodox Church, which she inherited from St. Thomas, theApostle.

Metropolitan Elects reached Catholicate Palace, Devalokam on Thursday,March 11th, and called on the Catholicos to procure apostolic blessings.After evening prayers at the Aramana Chapel, the Catholicos bestowed theMetropolitan Elects with the preliminary session of retreat.

Absence of love is the biggest crisis that the society faces today. This crisis

can be overcome with love alone. Presumptuousness is reflection of evil.Love sustains only when ego fades away. Metropolitan Elects shall becomecarriers of love and this is the advice that I have to give to you, theCatholicos said.

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Saint Gregorios of Paraumala was able to open the gates of heaven throughprayer, fasting and meditation. May Parumala Thirumeni be your role modelin your endeavor to achieve this goal, the Catholicos exhorted theMetropolitan Elects, who are about to enter into the highest orders ofecclesiastical authority. Catholicos Elect Paulos Mar Milithios and Secretary

to the Holy Episcopal Synod Dr. Mathews Mar Severios have also attendedevening prayers along with the Catholicos to bless the Metropolitan Elects.

On Friday, March 12th, the Metropolitan Elects reached Njaliyakuzhi Dayarato carry on with the first phase of mediation prior to their receiving ofapostolic succession. Catholicos Elect Paulos Mar Milithios and Dr. MathewsMar Severios were also there to receive the Metropolitan Elects atNjaliyakuzhi.

On the following days Metropolitan of Kottayam, Geevarghese Mar Ivaniosled meditations for the Metropolitan Elects. Creator and the creationintermingle neatly at the Dayara and hearing from a great retreat father likeMar Ivanios has paved ways to know the profundity of truths of the faith ofour Church. This will surely help to lay a stronger foundation to lead theChurch into the 21st Century. This was a time for us to learn from silence aswell, reflected the Metropolitan Elects in one accord. There were prayers forseven hours of a day at their stipulated times.

On Friday, March 19th, Dr. Mathews Mar Severios Metropolitan will leaddeliberation on principles to be followed at sacred proceedings and services.Tomorrow Metropolitan Elects will attend evening prayers at ParumalaSeminary and on Sunday, the priests among the elects will receiveprofession of Remban from the Catholicos at the same venue.

Written By: B.J. Mathews, George Thazhakara on Mar 18th, 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/18/metropolitan-elects-proceed-to-p
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20th March 2010

Priest Metropolitan Elects: The Stage Set for Profession ofRemban

PARUMALA: By 10 am local time tomorrow, the priest Metropolitan Electswill have their Profession of Rambans upon them. A full fledged ascetic is aramban in the Orthodox Syrian tradition. From the third Century onwards,Orthodox Church consecrates only monks to the High-Priesthood and eventoday that tradition carries on. Fr. Dr. John Mathews, Fr. V.M. James, Fr. Dr.Sabu Kuriakose, Fr. Dr. George Pulikkottil and Fr. V.M. Abraham are the fivepriest Metropolitan Elects, who are entering into the monastic orderstomorrow.

Preparations are over for the profession of ramban, informed Manager,

Parumala Seminary, Fr. Youhanon Ramban. The Catholicos has alreadyreached Parumala and His Holiness has donned today the monasticvestments to the five priest Metropolitan Elects, after compline, the prayer forbed time or soothoro. Over 4000 people are expected to witness the historicmoment tomorrow.

Catholicos Elect Paulos Mar Milithios, Kuriakose Mar Clemis, Zacharia MarAnthonios, Dr. Mathews Mar Severios, Abraham Mar Epiphanios and Dr.Mathews Mar Thimotheos will attend the services.

When a priest becomes ramban, he has to put on the schema (masnaphsa)upon his priestly cap and this is done after tonsuring. This symbolizes that hehas renounced the world completely and is embracing the yoke ofasceticism. The schema, therefore, does not contribute towards high priestlyvestments, but only means that the person, who wears it, is a monk. Anyone, who wishes to enter into monastic orders and wishes to take the vow ofasceticism remaining unmarried, can be a ramban. LL Catholicos BaseliusAugen I was a ramban deacon. There are various arrays among rambanstoo, namely, ramban layman, ramban deacon, ramban priest, and rambanchor-episcopos. A bishop is always a ramban episcopos or rambanmetropolitan.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 20th, 2010

Source:http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/20/priest-metropolitan-elects-the-sta
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22nd March 2010

A Three Year Faith-Study-Action Plan for the Church : Catholicos

Parumala: The Church will implement a three year action plan to equip the

faithful to overcome challenges that affect humanity like environmental

issues, family disintegration, aberration in faith, and terrorism, said the

Catholicos. He was talking to the multitude of faithful after inaugurating the

Catholicate Day celebrations for the year 2010 at Parumala.

This action plan will be implemented at parish level in the coming three

years, confirmed the Supreme Head of the Malankara Church. The

Malankara Church shall be ready to accept new challenges as an

independent national Church, when the Centenary of the Catholicate and

1960th anniversary of the establishment of Christianity in India are

celebrated. The three year faith-study-action plan shall contribute to the

above said goal, continued the Pontiff. Catholicos Elect Paulose Mar

Milithios hoisted the Catholicate flag before the meeting.

Written By: B.J. Mathews on Mar 22nd, 2010

Source:

http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2010/03/22/a-three-year-faith-study-action-pl
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Reading Easter in a Resurgent India

In the Christian tradition, Easter is unarguably the mostimportant religious festival. It is the crucifixion and resurrection

of Jesus Christ that makes the Christian story special - theSon of God gives up his own life in order to atone for the sinsof the human race. In his resurrection, He gives believers anew life and a new hope for the future. The story of Easterdefines us as Christians, but can we define our world betterthrough this story? Reading Easter in a resurgent India asksus to be mindful of the deep symbols that it holds for us. I wantto look at two symbols of the Easter story briefly and attempt totie them together with the messages they tell us about the

state of our world today.

Divine Power: The Symbolism of the Empty Tomb

All the four Gospels mention the visit of the women of Galileeto the tomb of Christ on the Sunday after the crucifixion, inorder to anoint him with the spices they had prepared.However, they find the stone of the tomb rolled away and thetomb empty, and are told by angels that Jesus has indeedrisen (the Gospel of John has a slightly different version). Thediscovery of the empty tomb is the first proof that Jesus hastranscended his death, and demonstrates Gods power beyonddoubt. The empty tomb tells us that often we expect a certainsequence of events but rarely give credence to the possibilityof Gods work. The women who went to the tomb had beentold of the resurrection, but they neither remembered nor

expected it. The empty tomb also reminds us that despite themortality of our own lives, through divine power, we can enterthe kingdom of heaven. In a world caught up with its own self-importance, in a country that is perceived to be an emergingpower, we often forget that things can often go awfully wrong ifwe fail to take into account Gods will.

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Hope: The Symbolism of the Empty Cross

In the Orthodox tradition, the Cross is always depicted asempty. Although the crucifixion is important for the supreme

sacrifice of the Son of God, the empty cross symbolizes theresurrection and the hope for the second coming when allpeople will be saved. The symbolism is a powerful onebecause in a country and a world deeply divided by conflict,strife and all kinds of misery, the empty cross offers thepossibility of improving our conditions. But the absence ofChrist on the cross also symbolizes the presence of the HolySpirit, among us, ever present.

In both these depictions, emptiness remains important,perhaps the most powerful message of all. All mysticaltraditions emphasize the importance of emptying ourselves, -removing the identity of the self so that it may be replaced withGod. Our preparation for Easter is in effect a version of this -prayer, fasting and the observation of the Lent is an abdicationof the narrow, egotist self so that it may be replaced by ahigher power.

Written by: Abu Mathen George


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Reunion in Galilee

The angel at the empty tomb announced to the woman that the

crucified Jesus has risen from the dead and is going ahead ofyou into Galilee. The risen Lord Himself told the women ontheir way home, Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee;there they will see Me.

Galileewhat memories it held for Jesus and His disciples.There, in Nazareth, He grew up. There, on the shore of theSea of Galilee, He found his first disciples. There, He openedHis preaching and healing ministry, and there, in Cana, Heperformed His first miracle. Galilee asked Who is this? thereply was, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth inGalilee. Pontius Pilate on learning that Jesus was a Galileansent Him to Herod for judgement.

It is not surprising that the risen Lord sought a get-togetherwith his disciples. It was a familiar territory. The mountaintop towhich Jesus had directed them was undoubtedly a locale

where He had previously met with His disciples. The well-known scene would help identify the risen Saviour as indeedthe Jesus of Galilee.

The Galilee where Jesus Christ meets us today is His Word, inthe Holy Bible. This word bears the witness that Jesus wasdelivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life forour justification. And His message to us is this, If you hold to

my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will knowthe truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:31-32).

Written By: Jinu Varghese


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Is Easter just about Abstinence?

Lent time, to most of us is a time of abstinence from various food anddrinks. However, is lent time just about abstaining ourselves from ourfavorite food and drink or is it much more than that...?

Mathew Ch. 15 Verse 11. says that What goes into a man's mouth

does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth that is

what makes him 'unclean.The aforementioned verse clearly highlights

the predicament, which is highlighted in the above paragraph. The

nuance of the above verse is that our inner self should be reformed

before following any ritual; our focus should be on the way we speak or

behave otherwise all our efforts to purify ourselves would be in vain.

Most importantly lent time is the time of reformation; it is the time when

we should try to make changes in our character and our lives. For once

we can stop being overly critical and judgmental about others. We

should try to accept people as they are, as Jesus did. He never kept

any criterion to be friendly with anyone. He loved and mingled with

everyone whatever his or her background was.

We are all normal human beings and it is very difficult for us to control

our temper at all times, it is natural for us to get irritated and angry. Still

we can try our level best during this lent time to control our emotions.

There is an old trick, which my grandma used to say especially during

lent time to keep our temper at bay, each time you feel angry just think

about the suffering of Christ at the Calvarythink about the ordeal he

went through it would help you control your anger.

Hence, let us make a difference in our life this lent time and spread the

message of love, compassion and care instead of concentrating on

trying to be pseudo-saints.

Written By: Maria Wills Thomas


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When I say, "I am a Christian

When I say, "I am a Christian"

I'm not shouting, "Ive been saved!"I'm whispering, "I got lost!That's why I chose this way".


I don't speak with human prideI'm confessing that I stumble -Needing God to be my guide


I'm not trying to be strongI'm professing that I'm weak

And pray for strength to carry on.


I'm not bragging of successI'm admitting that I've failedAnd cannot ever pay the debt.


I don't think I know it allI submit to my confusion

Asking humbly to be taught.

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I'm not claiming to be perfectMy flaws are all too visible

But God believes I'm worth it.


I still feel the sting of painI have my share of heartache,Which is why I seek His name.


I do not wish to judgeI have no authority...I only know I'm loved

God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you

that way..Our Lord Jesus Christ is risen..!

Written By: Saino Wilson


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Easter

Even though Christ gave his life,

An Ugliness still stalks the earth;

So we must cherish his rebirth

Through beauty between man and wife

Each soul must replicate the dove;

Redemption feels like our love.

The tomb of Christ is but the bed

He rested on three days.

Easter morn he rose again,

The flower of our spring.

On him, arisen from the dead,

Must we, though flesh decays,

Bestow our faith that when we die

Our souls, like his, shall not long lie

Forsaken in our tomb.

Christ shall, with deep affection, when

He sees our souls affliction then

Redeem us with his pain.

In his eternal suffering

Shall we find grace enough to bring

The seed of faith to bloom.

By Sibin Mathew Johny


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