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
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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14 February, 1919: Formation of the Marthoma Sevika Sanghom
The Mar Thoma Suvisesha Sevika Sanghom was formed on Friday 14 February 1919 in a meeting held at the Maramon Convention Pandal under the leadership of Dr. Abraham Mar Thoma Suffragan Metropolitan. On the next day a committee with two secretaries and 15 members were selected for the running of the Sanghom. Polachirakkal Puthiya Veettil Mariamma Abraham and Anjilivelil Rachelamma were its first secretaries.
Pages from History:- Death of Martin Luther
18 February, 1546: Martin Luther, (b.10 Nov 1483) leader of reformation, passes away. The reformation was a rediscovery of a lost gospel, a fresh realization that man is saved by faith alone, through grace alone. Luther died of a heart attack on 18 Feb.1546 while he was on a preaching tour at his birth place Eisleben in Germany.
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