Monday, December 15, 2008

Remembering HH Baselios Geevargheese I

Dear friends,

The 80th rememberance perunal of the second catholicose of the
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, HH Baselios Geevargheese I is being
celebrated at Vallikat Dayara, Vakathanam from December 7th to
December 17th.

His Holiness was born in 1870. He was ordained as 'Koruya' on 13 June
1885, as deacon in 1892, on 16 August 1896 as priest and on 23 August
as Ramban(Monk) by Metropolitan Kadavil Paulose Mar Athanasios. He
served as the Manager of Thrikunnath Seminary, Aluva from 1908 to
1910. On February 1913, he was consecrated as Metropolitan Geevarghese
Mar Philexinos. He was the Metropolitan of Kottayam and Angamaly
diocese. He made Vallikattu Dayara his administrative headquarters. On
30 April 1925 at Niranam, the Holy Synod installed him as the
Catholicos of the East. Through prayer and fasting he achieved
spiritual strength, which helped him to guide the Malankara Church
into green pastures. He passed away on 17 December 1928 at Neyyoor
Hospital. He was laid to rest on the northern side of Vallikattu
Dayara.

The profile of HH Baselios Geevargheese I:
http://icon.org.in/icon_catholicosedetails.icon?method=getCatholicoseDetails&id=BaseliosGeevargheseI

The detailed program and flyer of the perunal is available at

http://augenthirumeni.com/images/notice1.jpg
http://augenthirumeni.com/images/notice2.jpg

Thanks,
Rajesh Vargheese

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