Pages from History: Metropolitan Suspends Vicars for violating Sabbath (1881)
27 February, 1881: (M.E. Kumbham 15, 1056): The Metropolitan suspended several vicars for solemnizing a marriage on Sunday morning. One of the Vicars of the Maramon Parish solemnized the marriage of his son a deacon on a Sunday morning with the help of another priest. All three of them were suspended from official duties for violating the fourth Commandment (Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy).
Maramon Mar Thoma Church
Pages from History: Birth of Emperor Constantine (AD 272)
27 February, 272: Constantine, the first Roman Emperor (d 22 May 337) who converted to Christianity, is born. Though, some scholars question the authenticity of Constantine’s conversion (which came after he saw a vision on the battlefield), the Emperor did seek to settle church controversies, and he called the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325.
Emperor Constantine (Metropolitan Museum of Art # 26.229)
Pages from History:- Johannes Gutenberg publishes the Bible – 1455
23 February, 1455: (traditional date): Johannes Gutenberg publishes the Bible, the first book ever printed on a press with movable type. Gutenberg (c. 1400 – February 3, 1468) was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe and mechanical printing globally. His major work, the Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line bible, has been acclaimed for its high aesthetic and technical quality.
The Gutenberg Bible
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Pages from History: Formation of Mar Thoma Sunday School Samajam – 1905
Formation of Mar Thoma Sunday School Samajam – In a meeting held on Saturday 25 February, 1905 at the Maramon Convention Pandal under the leadership of Rev.C. P. Philipose.
The following decisions were made:
1. All the Sundays Schools (52 Schools) which are run by various parishes of the church are to be included in this Samajam.
2. The name of this association will be “Malankara Mar Thoma Suriyani Christiyani Sunday School Samajam.”
3. Headquarters of the Samajam will be in Tiruvalla .
4. Mr. V. P. Mammen will be first secretary
5. A committee is to be formed for the running of the Samajam.
Sunday School – Mar Thoma Parish Sharjah.
Photo from http://www.marthomaparishsharjah.com/sunday_school.php
Pages from History: Inauguration of Vanitha Mandiram 1925
25 February, 1925: Inauguration of Vanitha Mandiram. To give training for the women workers of the Mar Thoma Suvisesha Sevika Sanghom, Vanitha Mandiram was established in Tiruvalla in 1925. A Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary Miss. Kellaway from Australia was willing to give the training and necessary leadership. After serving the Vanitha Mandiram for 20 years she returned to Australia in September 1946.
Miss Kellaway
First Ordination Service outside Kerala, February 22, 1936
22 February, 1936: First Ordination service outside Kerala. The Mar Thoma congregation in Madras was formed in 1915. As there were no resident priests in Madras, the spiritual needs of the members were fulfilled by visiting priests and evangelists. Many requests were sent to Titus II Metropolitan for a resident Priest. Deacon C. K. Mathai, who completed his Theological studies in the Kottayam seminary, was sent to Madras to look after the spiritual needs of the congregation.
Bishop Titus II even made arrangements for his intermediate studies at the Madras Christian College. To fulfill the long cherished desire of the Madras Congregation, Titus II decided to conduct the ordination ceremony in Madras itself. Titus II ordained Deacon C. K. Mathai and another person as priests in the St. John’s Church in Madras. Very Rev. V. P. Mammen, Rev. M.G. Zachariah Malpan, and Rev. V. I. Philipose and priests from sister churches were present for the Ordination ceremony.
Mar Thoma Church Adyar, Madras (Chennai)
Birth of Titusji – An unknown Freedom Fighter from the Mar Thoma Church
Titusji (b.18 Feb, 1905), hails from a farming family, (Theverthundiyil, Maramon) in Kerala. He was a member of the Maramon Mar Thoma Parish. After his high school graduation, he taught in a school in Vadasserikkara (a village about 20 km away from Maramon), for a few years and then joined the Allahabad Agriculture University and passed an Indian Dairy Diploma course with distinction……… to read more click
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Titusji
Mar Thoma Church publishes its first Directory (1969).
19 February, 1969: Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma writes in support of the publication of the Mar Thoma Church Directory. For many of our leaders the publication of a Directory was “an impossible and unwanted” task. Some even claimed that it will invite God’s curse like that of King David’s time when he counted his people (2 Samuel Ch.24). But Metropolitan Juhanon Mar Thoma strongly supported the idea and the first Mar Thoma Church Directory was published in 1969.
Mar Thoma Church Directory
Hymn writer Mosha Vatsalam Passes away (1916)
20 February, 1916: Mosha Vatsalam passes away. The famous Christian Hymn writer Mosha Vatsalam (b 1843) was the son of Arunanandh, an Evangelist from Trivandrum. He started writing Hymns at the age of 29 and wrote more than 250 Hymns and few books connected with music. Some of his famous hymns are “Aashwaasame enikkerre thingeedunnu” and “Yerrushalemin impa veede.” More than 45 Hymns in the Mar Thoma Hymn book are written by him.
Mosha Vatsalam
Death of Mr. M. T. Joseph (Co-founder of Hoskote Mission) 18 February, 1995
18 February, 1995: Death of Mr. M. T. Joseph (b.21 Oct.1910), Co-founder of the Hoskote Mission. Joseph was the son of Ipe Thomas and Rachelamma of Manon, Maramon. He was an Anchel Master (Post Master) who left his lucrative government job and home town, to go to an unknown village far away in rural Karnataka, with the sole purpose of spreading the Gospel. The Hoskote Mission Medical Center was established in 1947 in Hoskote, Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka.
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