At kolenchery Prarthanayajnam

At kolenchery Prarthanayajnam

Give Priority to the Will of God and to Fulfill His Work

Fr George Vayaliparambil

John 4:31-38 (King James Version)“31In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?


34.Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.





35.Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.


36.And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.


37.And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.


38.I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours





Dear beloved in Christ ,



Today, as we go through the experience of the resurrection and freedom, the word of God calls, all of us to lead a Theo-centered life. Jesus the full man and full God says his disciples that the ultimate need and aim of His Life is to fulfill the will of the father.
The disciples came to Jesus and asked Him to have food that they bring. But Jesus, instead of having the food twisted the situation to convey yet another message to His disciples. In this situation, he did not mean to refuse the basic need of a human being, but gave priority to the spiritual needs than the physical or psychological needs.
According to the famous Humanitarian Psychologist Abraham Maslow, there is a hierarchy of needs to fulfill for one to achieve self actualization and self transcendence.
The basic premise of the model is: Each of us is motivated by needs. Our most basic needs are inborn, having evolved over tens of thousands of years. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs helps to explain how these needs motivate us. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs states that we must satisfy each need in turn, starting with the first, which deals with the most obvious needs for survival itself. Only when the lower order needs of physical and emotional well-being are satisfied, are we concerned with the higher order needs of influence and personal development. Conversely, if the things that satisfy our lower order needs are swept away, we are no longer concerned about the maintenance of our higher order needs.

In this humanitarian Psychologist’s view basic need of the human being is the physiological need such as food, water and air and so on. But in today’s gospel our Divine psychologist swears that the basic and ultimate need of a son of man is to fulfill the will of God. “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”(John 4: 34). What does it mean? Is He against the basic human needs? Never, He is not against the basic needs of Human being, but he intended to convey the message that the basic need of a human being should be “to do the will of God”.
In this Modern world we fail to give the priority for our spiritual needs. We give priority to our other needs that the humanitarian psychologist suggests. As a Christian we are supposed to see and be conscious to fulfill our spiritual need that which the God wants to be fulfilled fist in our life.
After a while Abraham Maslow proposed another theory as Self transcendent theory, as an addition to the self actualization theory. He says even though one has achieved his self actualization need there he will feel a vacuum in his life. Which he termed as Self-transcendence to connect to something beyond the ego or to help others find self-fulfillment and realize their potential.
Here Jesus the true God says us that the self transcendence is possible if we give priority in our life to fulfill our spiritual needs which is the will of God. Jesus says
"But seek ye first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." -Matthew 6:33
As a Christian we have to reorganize our hierarchy of needs in a circular figure, instead of Abraham Maslow’s Pyramidal structure.



The human needs will be achieved either fully or partially. Once our spiritual need is fulfilled our other needs will be automatically fulfilled. We will experience self-transcendence through out our life if we give priority to spiritual needs in our life. Jesus teaches his disciples that the rest of the human needs will be fulfilled by the grace of God or fulfilling that needs are not a matter for the existence of a spiritual man. We can achieve a transcendent life with out fulfilling the other needs; provided we fulfill the spiritual needs.
We can say that it will change the importance of each need in a person’s life according to the situations. For example, we all have heard stories of parents who were willing to die for their children. The parent placed far less importance on their own physiological and safety needs and far more importance on their love and belonging needs. The starving artist is another example of someone who places a greater importance on aesthetic needs than other needs.
Dear friends for what we give priority in our life? Definitely we have lot of things to do in our daily life. Obviously, there are miles for us to go before we sleep; But think how we start our journey in our daily life? For what do we give priority in our life? Let us all give priority for the will of God and to fulfill His work through our lives. Let us make it our basic and ultimate need. Even if we wouldn’t achieve our spiritual needs we can’t experience the overall happiness or entire satisfaction in fulfillment of other needs which we fulfill in our life.

“Hold Fast to What Is Good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Fr George Varghese Vayaliparambil

Glory be to the Almighty God

My dear children respected parents and teachers very Good morning to all of you. I am very proud to present our VBS Theme in front of you. I think all of you know the word which we took for our study and meditation this year. Can any one say the theme? “Hold Fast to What Is Good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Can you say guys what is good that we have to hold fast…? Let us think what is the word of God says about the good that a Christian need to hold? or what is good before God?

In the book of Micah Chapter 6 : 8 it says that “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Can you say again what is good?

1. To Act Justly

2. To love mercy

3. To walk humbly with God

To Act Justly. It shows our relation with God. Am I standing for God? Am I standing for truth that is just?

What is injustice?

Injustice means unfairness.

Can you say an occasion when you stood for justice even though you were forced to do injustice?

In the life of our Mahatma Gandhi we can see there was a situation that he stood for justice when he was a student. Do you know who Mahatma Gandhi is? He is the father of our India. After his primary education he joined the Kattyawar High School at Rajkot in October 1880. The name of the school was changed to Mohandas Gandhi Vidyalaya. This change of name was done in order to honour and cherish the memories of Mahatma Gandhi.

One day an incident took place at the school which Gandhi could not forget till his end. Giles, the Educational Inspector, an English man had come on a visit to inspect the school. In India such visits made by Educational Inspectors in order to check the proper functioning and dissemination of knowledge is a usual routine till date. Mr. Giles entered Gandhi’s class in order to inspect the learning and teaching process. He gave five words and asked the boys to spell it on a slate. This test given by the Educational Inspector Mr. Giles was the unexpected part of the examination. One of the words given by Mr. Giles was ‘kettle’. Gandhi had misspelt the word ‘kettle’. This was noticed by the class teacher. The class teacher tried to prompt Gandhi with the point of his boot to copy the Spelling from his neighbor’s slate. Gandhi did not want to do anything against his conscience and he knew that this act of copying was evil and untruthful. Gandhi also thought that the teacher was there to supervise the students and to see that none of the students copied. Thus Gandhi did not copy from the neighbors’ slate which was against his conscience and reason. When the results were announced Gandhi was the only boy in the class who had not spelt that word correctly. All the students had written all the five words with correct spelling. Even though Gandhi felt embarrassed and shy due to the poor score which he had received, he never learnt or did the foul act of copying in the days of his life. When Gandhi grew older he became famous. He recollected that it was this concept of Truth and the act of being truthful to oneself, to others, and to God made him rise to such heights. It was from this inner strength that he was able to overcome all the hardships, trials, and tribulations. And it was the conscience of Truth and of his act of being truthful to the human community that made his life a light to shed away the darkness in the life of millions of people even in the twenty first century. We can say injustice is do what you are not allowed to do and don’t do what you are supposed to do

To love mercy. It shows our relation with our fellow being. How I am in my relation with my fellow being.

We are called to show mercy to the fellow being and break ourselves to the world as the God let himself to break through the holy Qurbono.

In the book of Hosea Chapter 6: Vs 6 our Lord says “For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”

In Mathew 5: 5 God says blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. It is the promise of the Lord that those who love mercy will inherit the earth

To walk humbly with God. It says how we should be our self before God.

What does it means? Keep humbleness in life. Keep simplicity and straightforwardness in life.
For what we are give importance in our life. For me or God? For my intention or for the will of God.

For what I am giving priority in my life is important thing. St John the Baptist says. In the Gospel of St John 3: 30-31 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Dear kids it should be our attitude in all our thoughts our words and actions. Jesus must Increase and I must decrease. St Luke 1: 52 He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Let me conclude by pointing out the word of God pronounced through the wiser of wises Solomon the great.

From the book of proverbs chapter 14:22.

Beloved! Let us not walk in our own ways but walk in the ways of the Lord. The ways of the Lord are good and they lead us to righteousness and blessings. So, let us wait on the Lord for His guidance in everything and holdfast to what is good. God will help us and bless us.

Once again wish you a Happy and Merry VBS

May the Love of the Father the grace of the only begotten son and the fellowship and descent of the Holy Spirit be upon you for ever and ever and ever. Amen

Holy Cross

Angel’s Bell

Holy Cross

Fr. George Varghese Vayaliparambil

Word for the Day:

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing; but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (I Corinthians. 1:18)

Story about the Cross: Queen Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine in the fourth century A.D., pledged to search for the cross, if her son the Emperor Constantine came to believe in Jesus Christ as the redeemer of humanity. She prayed continuously day and night, accompanying it with fasting, and gave alms so that the Lord would answer her plea. God willed that and showed Constantine the sign of the cross in the sky in the middle of the day and with it wrote the saying, “In this sign you will conquer.” So Constantine took the sign of the cross as a banner for his army and conquered his enemies. He became Christian and his mother fulfilled her pledge in the year 326 A.D. and went to the Holy City, searched for the cross and found it. She was assured by a miracle that it was the real cross that the Lord Jesus hung on at Golgotha when the cross was placed on the body of a dead young man, immediately when it touched the body life returned to that young man and he was resurrected and the bishop of the city blessed the people with the holy cross of Christ.

Since then we use the cross as the banner of Christian church.

What does the cross signify?

A cross signifies the essence of the gospels. We make a sign of the cross by bringing down the hand from the forehead to the chest and from chest to the left shoulder and then to the right shoulder. Moving your hand from forehead to the chest signifies that Jesus came down from heaven to earth for our sins, and moving the hand from chest to the left shoulder says that his beloved people were under the sins of Satan, and by moving from the left to the right shoulder signifies that Jesus liberated us from the shackles of Satan to the status of children of God.

This practice of signing ourselves with the cross did not develop in the church over a period of time as is alleged. The early church members had this practice.

Tertullian (AD 155) “We take anxious care lest something of our Cup or Bread should fall upon the ground. At every forward step and movement, when coming in and going out, when putting on our clothes, when putting on our shoes, when bathing, when at table, when lighting the lamps, when reclining, when sitting, in all the ordinary occupations of our daily lives, we furrow our forehead with the sign of the cross.” (367)

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (AD 315 - 386) St. Cyril who was the Bishop of Jerusalem has written about the cross on which Christ was crucified and was discovered by Queen Helane from Jerusalem. “The Holy wood of the Cross among us seen to the present day and now fillings almost the whole world by means of those, who in faith, take away from here portions of it.”

St. Jerome who was the contemporary of Queen of Helena says “Prostrate before the cross, she worshipped as though she saw the Lord hanging thereon.” The Biblical Encyclopedia says that it is certain that the Christians made the sign of the cross on themselves in the 2nd century.

Mar Baselious (AD 329-379) says that ‘the apostles established the practice of crossing themselves. Before dining they used to draw a cross on the food. Soldiers would cross on his forehead. When we pray or when we read the Bible or when we preach we will do a cross. During the time of Baptism we draw a cross on the forehead and chest. Also one would do a cross in our prayers (Majority of the modern churches do not sign themselves a cross). Eusebious has stated that there were crosses with jewels embedded in it during his time (4th century).
· Mt. 10:38 - "He who does not take the cross and follow me is not worthy of me."
· Luke 9:23 - "If any man would come after me let him deny himself and take up the cross daily & follow me."
· Gal 6:14 - "Our glory is on the cross of the Lord."
· 1 Cor. 1:17 - “The cross of Christ is God's power over us."
· Phil. 3:18-19 - “The end of the enemies of the cross is decay."
· Eph. 2:14 - “The enmity is stopped and we are reconciled in the Cross.”
The cross reminds the church that it is the basis of Christianity and all of the sacraments. When we bow and kiss the cross, it is a kiss in respect to Jesus Christ who died on the cross for us.

When we should the Sign of Cross

When we pronounce the name of the Holy Trinity (God the Father, Son and Holy Trinity).
When we see the Holy Cross or enter into the Church
While we kiss the cross or the hand of the Bishop or Priest
When we say the word Cross/ Sleeba during our prayer.
While the priest and bishops bless us with cross

For Further Reading

http://www.stignatious.com/salvation5.htm#128
http://syrianorthodoxchurch.org/library/sermons/the-power-of-the-holy-cross/

The Importance and the significance of Prayer in

Syrian Orthodox Church

Fr.George Varghese Vayaliparambil

Prayer simply means COMMUNICATION WITH GOD. While praying, our Soul, Spirit, Body and Mind unite to praise Lord along with the angels. It is through prayer that we thank God for his mercy upon us, praise Him for his mighty deeds for our salvation, submit our plea for the remission of debts and forgiveness of sins and request for his kindness and grace for our protection.

We can see that prayer has formerly been mentioned in Genesis, chapter 4.

* Genesis 4:26 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enoch. Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.

Why Should I Pray?
• Prayer Develops Our Relationship with God. If we never bother to speak to our spouse or never listen to anything what they might have to tell us, our marriage relationship will quickly develop a void space in between. It is the same way with God. Prayer—communicating with God—helps us grow more closer and more intimate with God.

* Zechariah 13:9 I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.' "

* John 15:7 But if you stay joined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted! • The Lord Instructed Us to Pray. One of the simplest reason to spend time in prayer is because the Lord instructed us to pray. Obedience is a natural by-product of discipleship

* Matthew 26:41 "Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak!"

* Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

* Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. (NIV)
(See also - Matthew 7:7 and 1 Timothy 2:8)

What is the Correct Posture for Prayer?

Is there a certain posture for prayer?
Yes! There is. In the Bible, people prayed on their knees (1 Kings 8:45), bowing (Exodus 4:31), on their faces before God (2 Chronicles 20:18; Matthew 26:39), and standing (1 Kings 8:22). You may pray with your eyes opened or closed, quietly or out loud—however you must be most comfortable and least distracted.

In Syrian Orthodox Church we give most importance to the gestures and postures. Our Liturgy is highly symbolic, so each movements, gestures and postures should be meaningful and appropriate to communicate a particular message.

Usually in public and private prayer we are supposed to stand, by keeping our heel together and the fingers little wide to each side. We can keep our hand tied, close to our chest or can keep it opened like begging to the Lord some times.

The faithful say the daily prayers standing, facing the East direction. A prelate, priest or a senior member of the laity leads the prayer. The sign of the cross is drawn while prostrating in veneration to Lord Jesus Christ at appropriate points in the prayer—in the Trisagion, the Praise of the Cherubim, when the incarnation of the Word is confessed in the Nicene Creed, etc. On days when Divine Liturgy is celebrated and also between Easter Sunday and Pentecost, the sign of the cross is drawn without prostration.

Women must cover their head with veil while praying (1 Corintians 11: 11-15)

How Many times should we pray a day?

Bible teaches that we should pray at all times and do our daily chores with prayer and praise to the Lord. Canonically we are instructed to pray 7 times a day. In accordance with Psalm 119:164, “Seven times in the day have I praised thee for thy judgments, O Righteous One,” the Syriac Orthodox Church set the times for prayer to seven: Evening or ramsho prayer (Vespers), Drawing of the Veil or sootoro prayer (Compline), Midnight or lilyo prayer, Morning or saphro prayer (Matins), the Third Hour or tloth sho`in prayer (Prime, 9 a.m.), the Sixth Hour or sheth sho`in prayer (Sext, noon) and the Ninth Hour or tsha` sho`in prayer (Nones, 3 p.m.). The Midnight prayer consists of three qawme ‘watches’ (literarily ‘standing’).

The ecclesiastical day begins in the evening at sunset. For example, Monday starts at sunset on Sunday evening. Hence, Monday's evening (ramsho) and compline (sootoro) prayers, are actually performed on Sunday in our modern reckoning. Today, even in monasteries, the evening and compline prayers are said together, as also the Midnight and Morning prayers, and the Three, Six and Nine O'Clock prayers, reducing the times of prayer to three. However, the common practice today (except during fasts) is to pray twice a day. Evening prayer starts with the ninth hour (tsha` sho`in) prayer of the previous day, followed by the evening (ramsho), and finishes with the compline (sootoro). Morning Prayer starts with the prayer of midnight (lilyo) followed by morning (saphro), the third hour (tloth sho`in) and noon (sheth sho`in).

Why is prayer 7 times a day?

It is a biblical practice. Psalm 119:164 says, “Seven times in the day have I praised thee for thy judgments, O Righteous One.”

For us Christians, it is the time to meditate the entire Christ events and the passion of Christ’s death and resurrection of our Lord that he performed for our salvation and the time to praise and glorify him.

Praying 7 times a day is obligatory for an Orthodox Christian. Altogether, in 7 times prayer, we recite the “Kaumo” 10 times a day. The Ten kauma is meant for the purification of our 10 senses of action and knowledge. Failure to complete this 7 times prayers and the reciting the kauma is a sin which requires confession. This 7 times prayers are said to be connected with the 7 stages of Jesus’s sufferings on the day of his crucifixion.

Evening or ramsho prayer (Vespers) - Jesus’s body was taken off from the Cross by Joseph and Nicodemos.

Jesus was buried in a new grave - Drawing of the Veil or sootoro prayer (Compline)
Midnight or lilyo prayer - Jesus was caught by the Roman soldiers and taken to the Palace of the High Priests.

Morning or saphro prayer (Matins) - Jesus was questioned in front of Pilate and High priests.

The Third Hour or tloth sho`in prayer (Prime, 9 a.m.) - Pilate gave his verdict to crucify Jesus.
The Sixth Hour or sheth sho`in prayer - Jesus was Crucified
The Ninth Hour or tsha` sho`in prayer (Nones, 3 p.m.) – Jesus’s soul left his body.
Should I Use Eloquent Words?

Your prayers need not be wordy or impressive in speech.
* Matthew 6:7 "When you pray, don't babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again."
* Ecclesiastes 5:2 ”Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.”

What If I Don't Know How to Pray?

The Holy Spirit will help you in prayer when you don't know how to pray.
Romans 8:26-27 ”In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”

We have the canonical prayer book. All the prayer in it is either taken from the bible versus or recited by the saints and the fathers of the church who are influenced by the Holy Spirit by meditating the word of God.

The Syriac Orthodox book of prayer for routine use is called the shhimo, meaning ' simple [prayer]'. The shhimo has offices for the canonical hours for each day of the week. Each canonical office begins and ends with a qawmo (literally 'standing'), a set of prayers that includes the Lord's Prayer. At the end of the office, the Nicene creed is recited. (When prayers are said twice a day, the Nicene creed is said at the end of sootoro in the evening and at the end of the sixth hour in the morning.)

Various translations of the Syriac shhimo, most of which are partial, have been produced in the twentieth century. The translation by V. Rev. Konattu Mathen Malpan into Malayalam was authorized for use in Malankara by Patriarch Ignatius `Abded Aloho in 1910. This translation was also partial. In that, prayers from the offices of seven days were combined into one for each office for all days of the week. An edited version of the English translation of the Malayalam text, was published by Rev. Dr. K. Mani Rajan in 1992.

Tunes in our prayer

The prayers are intoned as chants or melodies. The melodies are set in the Beth Gazo and chanted in eight modes; the mode for the day is derived from the liturgical calendar. The hymns are sung antiphonally by two choirs (goodo), especially when prayer is said in churches or monasteries. May the Lord receive our prayer and give us remission of debts and forgiveness of Sin and protect us now and forever in both worlds

Indian Orthodox Church in "Re-reformation"

Fr George Varghese Vayaliparambil

Indian Orthodox Church in Re-reformation As the Indian Othodox church claims that by 2012, they will be completing 1960 years of existence as a church and 100 years as a Catholicate there is lot of proposal as the part of its celebration. Among that proposal one is very attractive and acceptable to all Christians especially those who suffer from their evil and selfish acts.

Recently Indian Orthodox Herald had published one of the suggestions of its church member

http://www.orthodoxherald.com/2009/08/18/ioc%E2%80%99s-transformation-as-%E2%80%98oic%E2%80%99/

The main suggestion was itself on the name of the church. Instead of Indian Orthodox Church/ Malankara Orthodox Church/ or Orthodox Syrian Church/ Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (As it is in the Malankara Association Seal), it should be fixed as (OIC) Orthodox Indian Church.

“OIC’ – In the article it suggests the expansion of the terms as follows

1. Order of Imitation of Christ
2. Orthodox Indian Church

What ever may be the name of the church; I would like to appreciate the author for the concept behind the name, and see it in a good spirit.

The author suggests that all the orthodox Christians should be the true imitator of Jesus Christ. It is an important thought to the church not only to IOC, but to all Christians in the world also.

Another point the respected author suggests that instead of the name of the nation Indian/ India church should be none as Orthodox. With whole heartedly as a Christian brother I support his suggestion. I praise the Lord for raising His voice through a layman of the church instead of a prelate of it. Until 1912 the orthodox Christians India fought for the religious freedom and also fought to protect the Orthodoxy (the Kingdom values of God). But from 1912 onwards there raised an unexpected voice out of selfishness to divide the church based on nationality. Still it is continuing as a poison of the peace of the orthodox Christians in India.

Jesus came to the world not to build Islands but build a valley where his folk feed by his spirit.

In the High priestly prayer, Our Lord Jesus Christ, says to God the Father that (John 17: 20-24) “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

The division of the church based on colour/ culture /race/ Gender/ language/ name/ nationality is sin. In the act of Apostle and whole the epistles we can see that the church of God was one and all the nations considered the Apostales as the leaders of the one and Holy Church and peter as the leader of the church. Even thought there was different of opinion in between the Aramic speeking people and the Greeck Speeking people, the Apostles didn’t separated the church rather they appointed servants among them. Jesus as a true God, he is Love and Jesus himself is the culmination of that true love. Rather than be a child of Indian Nation let us be child of the Kingdom of God.

May the Almighty God strengthen all the prelates of IOC to think and help them to lead a meaningful Christian Life.

ഗുരുനാഥന്.........

Alas! My Guru departed from me...

He was in all the way a guru, one who removes the darkness from his disciple. He was a light for us in all our paths.

My Guru was not a man with some divine qualities, but he was a divine man with some human qualities. In his Character there is nothing to loose, in his skills there is nothing vain. My Guru was really a saint.

He was the one truly followed his saintly teachers. Among his two teachers one was a man of Holiness and a Jewel of Good Conduct (Yacoob Mor Themothiose) and another was a harp of Holy Spirit (Perumbillil Geevarghese Mor Gregoriose). I can see them in my Guru. He is a facade of his gurus.

Though he was a married priest he was even a model for the celibate priests. During my seminary life more than the liturgy, I learned from my Guru that how one can be a holy man? How a priest could imitate Our Loving God in thoughts words and actions.

I could see a spiritually matured man in my Guru. I never heard a single word from my guru that accusing, or criticizing others. He never judged anyone. I remember that once when I said against Vattassery Thirumeni in presence of my Guru, he said me “shemmashan let us use our life for the glory of God than criticizing others”.

My guru taught me how to celebrate Holy Eucharist in purity of Body, Mind and Spirit. My guru he was against the publicity, He told me that we don’t record the Holy Qurbono, we don’t sell it and we don’t exhibit it in anywhere, because it is mystery.

My guru loved me like a father, he cared me like an angel, and he protected me like a soldier in all the way of my life. My Guru he is the one who promoted me to learn Syriac language and liturgy more. He forced me to go for higher studies about Syriac culture and Syriac Christian faith in Thurabdeen. He wrote to the bishop of Gabriel Dayara recommending me to study there and gave it to me to send it to the bishop there, but I never did that because in that I was able to feel how much he loved me and cared for me; how as a Guru, he respected the skills of his disciples. I saw the heart of my Guru in that letter. There is nothing in the world that can make me happier than that letter. The spirit of my guru is with me and his prayers helps me to achieve his wish about his disciple.

Once when I visited my Guru’s home, I could experience that it was a paradise filled with divine love. He is blessed with a loving and caring wife and sweet and obedient kids. The happiest memory of my life with my guru was when he,like a loving father beside his child, sat beside me, took food by his hand and started feeding me.Accepting the fact that my guru is away from me pains me like a strong dagger in my chest. He was a true faithful of God. He believed in Jesus Christ. He believed that God creates out of nothing and gives life to the dead.My Lord! We, the children of our ever loving teacher pray to you. Lord, as you promised, be kind to the soul of our Guru who bears you, who witnessed you.Oh! Our loving, holy father and great master! You deserve the reward that is kept for the true servants. Go in peace and pray for us sinners.

On behalf of the students of Rev. Fr Cherian Kottayil, I extend my heart felt condolences to his bereaved family.

Thoughts bring out words...
Words create actions...
Actions become habits...
Habits nurture character..
Character decides destiny...
Always have clean thoughts...

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Fr George Varghese Vayaliparambil

Christmas - An occasion of reconciliation

Fr. George Varhese Vayaliparambil

Jesus, by his incarnation abridges the infinite distance in between the sinful man and the Holy Father.

Christmas is the day for praise.On the Christmas day the angels of the Lord praised our Lord with Halleluiah.

Christmas is the season for giving gifts.The wise and the shepherds offered gift to the baby in the manger.

Christmas is the moment to express love.Joseph expressed his love to the baby and his mother in the manger as a protector.

Christmas is the time for offering lifeSt Mary offered the fruit her life (The bread of life – Incarnated son of God) to the world in Beth’lahem.

Christmas is time to rejoice.The birds, animals and nature rejoiced in the birth of Jesus Christ.

Beloved in ChristLet us make this day as the moment for reconciliation with God and our fellow being.

Let us praise the Lord Almighty with the Angels.

Let us give our life to spread the Word of God, and let it be the precious gift to the Lord on this season.

Let us express our love to the fellow being and be the protector of the needy in the world as we express our love to the Lord.

Let us share our life to the world to give life as our Mother Mary did.

Let us make this occasion to rejoice by looking around us with the nature.

May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!

Miracle - Mystery or Myth

Miracle - Mystery or Myth?
Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church

Glory to the Father Son and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen

Few months back one Dr Leena from Ernakulam, Kerala, India sent a picture to me. It was a miraculous picture of Morth Shmooni and seven children. During the feast day of Morth Shmooni and seven children she prepared a prayer based on the Book of Maccabees from Holy Bible. After that she tried to copy the photo of Morth Shmooni and seven children. Immediately a print came in large size with more clarity. In her printer there was no option for enlarging the size. She prayed before that picture keeping lightening lamp (kedavilakku) 7 days. I have the copy of that. We kept it secret because when I shared one of our thirumeni about this, His Grace laughed at me saying that it is an illusion (‘oro thonnalukal aannu’). But we know that it is true and a miracle happened.

In our Thengodu St Kuriakose church near Kakkanadu, Kerala India another miracle happened one year back. The garland with Jasmine flower which used to decorate the photo at the top of the alter began to grow. (Mullapoomaala neendu vannu). Years back the same thing happened in the same church. That time our His Beatitude Catholicose was a priest. After the celebration of the feast of Mor Kuriakose Sahodo the garland began to grow. After long years, on last year when one of our bishops went there for celebrating Feast of Mor Kuriakose Sohodo (perunnal), one old priest told thirumeni about the mirracle happened there years back. But thirumeni didn’t believe that, but before finishing the Holy Qurbno garland reached from top near to the “kaasa and peelasa”. Then grown and reached till “darga’ (the step where the priest stand while celebrating the mass.) The same thing happened while our His Grace Mor Ireneous Paulouse celebrating the Holy Qurbono there this year. Two days back tears began to flow from the photo of St Mary in Kattachira JSO church. Many Bishops priest and faithful from many denominations visited the place and witnessed that it is true. Why this happen in ‘Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church’.

http://www.socmnet. org/Miracle_ Kattachira_ StMar ys.htm
Why there is miracle?
There is two occasions when a miracle happens
Miracle will happen where there is no faith. At the same time miracle will happen when there is deep faith. It is to show the faithful the truth that God is their Lord and to show the unfaithful
that the god whom they worship is false god.
Miracles in Holy Bible?
In Old Testament God lead the people of Israel by showing various miracles through his prophets and priests. We can see the creation itself is a miracle of God. There are so many miracles happened in Old Testament. In New Testament Jesus Christ our Lord did so many miracles in the world. Lot of miracles happened by the hands of the disciple of Jesus Christ. Virgin birth of Jesus Christ and resurrection of the dead are some examples still many can’t believe and perceive.

Why our Church not promote the miracles?

Church views Miracles in different ways.

1.Both God and evil can perform Miracle.

It is very important to differentiate the miracles, whether it is from God or from evil.
2. So if Church promotes people to believe blindly on the miracles, some times people may be misguided. So Church takes the strategy not to give much publicity for miracles and
will keep silence in certain extent.
3. Some times church may accept and declare some miracles
after proper studies done based on it.

4.Church is not against the miraculous act of God, but solid evidences and some times scientific proof is needed to approve it officially.
5. Church is against the commercialization of miracle.
Is it miracle or sign?

More than miracle the church views all these things as signs. Behind every signs there is mystery and a message. It may be positive or negative or it may be a warning or a blessing. A proper interpretation is needed for it. So in this interpretation sometimes common people will do some mistake, because of there lack of proper theological knowledge. So the Church, I mean the Holy Synod of the church or the body appointed by the Holy Synod has to say the final word whether it is from God and the meaning of it.

Super - Natural Miracles and Natural Miracles.
In the New Testament these four Greek words are principally used
to designate miracles:
1. Semeion
, a “sign”, i.e., an evidence of a divine commission;
an attestation of a divine message (Matt. 12:38,39; 16:1, 4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; 23:8; John 2:11, 18, 23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence and working of God; the seal of a higher power.
2. Terata
, “wonders;” wonder-causing events; portents; producing astonishment in the beholder (Acts 2:19).
3. Dunameis , “might works;” works of superhuman power (Acts 2:22; Rom. 15:19; 2 Thes. 2:9); of a new and higher power.
4. Erga , “works;” the works of Him who is “wonderful in working” (John 5:20, 36).
Miracles are seals of a divine mission. The sacred writers appealed to them as proofs that they were messengers of God. Our Lord also appealed to miracles as a conclusive proof of his divine mission (John 5:20, 36; 10:25, 38). Thus, being out of the common course of nature and beyond the power of man, they are fitted to convey the impression of the presence and power of God.
Moses and Magicians
Moses performed many miracles in the name of Almighty God. At the same time the magicians of Pharaoh did the same miracles. Once Moses turned the road unto a serpent, (EXODUS 7: 10.
EXODUS 7:14). The magicians did the same also. But the serpent of Moses swallowed the serpent of magicians. Here we can see that magicians and evil spirit can perform miracles. They can even predict the future and they can say the past of a person.

Priests and Pastors
Vision or forth telling and performing miracles become a common thing among Pentecostals and some ‘priests’ who imitating them in our church. It is the greed for money, forces them to do such wicked things. The church should take a step against such false and fraud dead being (Isaiah 8:19). The common people should be careful to the miracles. They are not allowed to go after the miracles. During His public ministry Jesus said, “But he answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seek after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. The word of God clearly reveals the truth that we are not supposed to seeks miracles, rather to live according to the word of God”. Mathew 12: 39. There are some people who are running after the miracles; really such miracles are not from God. Definitely the miracles will happen when by the prayers the saints and priests of the church. But we will never promote it or boost ourselves.
There is no big miracle than the Holy Qurbono in which the bread and wine become the Body and blood of Christ. There is no medicine or doctor which is greater than our God who is really
present in the Holy Qurbono. So if any priest claims that he is better than others or he is a one who can do miracle should be considered as Evil.
Healing and Miracle some Experiences
Some times people observe healing as the miracle. Yes definitely times it is not. Last week a young man who is in Australia shared with me that since last 4 months his wife who came to Australia for higher studies is going to get baptized by Pentecostal pastor. She came here for higher studies alone. Through his sister who is in another country who practices satanic Pentecostal faith some Pentecostals approached her. As friends of his sister they involved
in her daily activities. Few days they asked her to participate in their prayer meeting. After 4 months she decided to take baptism in Pentecostal sect. When her husband heard this he came to Australia and asked her don’t go there. In that time I was informed by some guys from kerala that there is a case in Australia. Even though it is too far around 4 hour’s journey from my place to there through flight, I contacted them through phone that time she said me she got a healing when she prayed there. After few days talk I could convince her error in the teaching of Pentecostals through her husband. He was a good guy with lot of God experience and he shared with me that, “Father I got all my blessings from my church and I experienced really the love of God from my church. I don’t want any antichrist than my True Christ. For me she is nothing
before my God. She asks me to go with her to their prayer. Even I am ready to leave her in this case, for me God is all.” He convinced her with all the words which I had given to him that
what she is doing is wrong. Then she called the pastor and said him that “Don’t call her and don’t come to her home. Her husband said her that “if she continues Pentecostal faith he will leave me here and go back to Kerala.” Then the pastor replayed “if he is leaving her. She don’t worry, he is there for her. He shall look after her”. Now she got the real picture of the pastor. Finally she believed in the word of God that her husband shared to her.
Here is a question actually she shared she got healing while she prayed in Pentecostal cult. Dose it true? Is it won’t happen in our church?
Healing will happen when we pray to the Lord. Not only God but also Satan can give healing if he wishes. In the Healing narrative Jesus performed during his public ministry. We can see that in many cases while He gave the healing He was casting out the demon. In those cases it was the evil spirit that kept them in bondage, and thus they suffered both physically and mentally. So for some occasion while the people participate in satanic Pentecostal cult Satan will heal so that they may believe that to whom they worship is true god. Actually he is the Satan and anti-christ. There by he/she will be in his bondage for ever. In some cases like psychosomatic disorders people get healing when they go through pleasant and joyful moments. In uncomfortable situation the body will show some negative symptoms. But when the comfortable situation comes the body will shows the positive symptoms. Sometimes people feel happy and they feel relaxed when they play games or watching a movie or celebrating festivals. When they reach back to a joyful mood then their body will act accordingly. The miraculous healing will happen in the church. There miracles will happen in the church like the healing of blind man, barren woman becomes pregnant, etc it is really the intervention of God….. Even Abraham believed in the Lord as “God is the one who creates from nothing and one who resurrect the dead”. Rom
4:17. So he believed in the Lord and he got the son even though there was no any chance for the birth of a child birth at his old age and he got a lamp for sacrifices from the tree as believed that God will give. God is able to create from nothing.

How I should approach the Miracles?
When a miracle happens in a person or in the nature, More than become emotional we have to have an intellectual approach. It has to make sure whether it is from God or from evil and whether it is mere magic/tricks by human being or true.

I am posting silly tricks of some magicians and Pentecostal
pastors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-Z9_RIqCA&feature=related
Is it really a healing? A miracle?
No I can do the same thing. Everybody can do the same thing
Step 1. Stand straight

Step 2. Lift your both hands up (for many people when they lift
their hands up there will be a difference in their hands, especially
the right hand will feel as longer than other hand.)

Step 3. If it is in that case just lift down your right hand (Keep the
left hand up).

Step 4. Lift up your right hand – you can see that your hands are in
equal position you can say that you are healed.

Is it really healing? It is happening because of the position change
of socket of the shoulder and arm.
Here is the trick of another magician
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yblhsr1O4IQ&NR=1

Warning from Holy Bible.
1 Thimothy 4: 1
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some
will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things
taught by demons.
Why St Mary is crying
Why St Mary is crying. It is sure that she is not happy. There is a prophecy by Jesus “Cry on behalf of you and your kids”. Rev 12: 17 we are the offspring of St Mary she is crying on behalf of us and on behalf of the world.

Obviously it is not because she is happy that she crying. It is because she is sad. It had happened in many places as a sign of the bad things going to happen in the nation. When sin is more and the faithful loose their faith St Mary used to do such a miracles to bring back the nation to the faith and repentance. As mother of the faithful (Rev 12:17) she is crying on behalf of us as fulfillment of the prophecy of Jesus. Luke 23:28 “
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for
yourselves, and for your children”. What Message St Mary wants to say to the world?
John 2:5 “His mother said unto the servants, what so ever he says unto you, do it.” John 19:25-26 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Dear brethren, it is occasion to come back to our mother Mary, the mother of Our Lord, the gift that Our Lord has given to the disciples whom he loves more, to those who follow Jesus until the
cross like John, in truth and faith. Let us receive the gift of our God with full heart and shall follow her word, “Do what He says unto you” The word of God is the mouth and the message of God.

Let us pray

Oh! Loving Holy Mother,

We praise you for the tears that you shed for our revival.

Blessed Mother of our Lord prays for us sinners.

Help us to keep ourselves in purity in our thoughts, words and actions.

We worship your Son our Lord Jesus Christ for the precious gift that he presented to us.

Help us to be wise and worship God in truth.

Help us to realize the message that God want to convey through miracles.

Help us to experience the blessing through the intersession of you and the saints both living and departed.

We should Love Our Mother --A Spiritual War

We should Love Our MotherFor us Syrian Orthodox believers we have three Mothers.
1) Erthly Mother Those who give us physical birth.
2) Our Stepmother (Church) who brought up us in Spirit
3) Our Mother Mary who gave birth to Our Lord Jesus Christ

She is our Protector, who protect us from evil spirit.Let us be thankful to our Mothers...........So that we may live long........

When I speak of the church and the mother of our Lord a satanic Pentecostal came to fight with me. By the grace of God and the protection of St. Mary and all the saints and angels I fought against him, The liar the devil who was from the very beginning send the His wrath against me. He tried to say that we can’t call our church as a mother and St Mary as our spiritual mother and protector. It is totally against the teachings of our Holy Fathers. God helped me to fight against him. In between he tried to blame me accuse me and tease with all lie. One of my friend who read my postings in the orkut asked me to put it together and make it in order, he said it nicely you beaten him. Glory to the Lord. It is with the prayer of our Mother and all saints God strengthened me with his sward.

I started like this. As a part of the Satanic Pentecostal Cult you don’t have the right to utter a single word in the Holy Church and about the Holy Church. If you want to argue with us, sorry we are not here for that. It is not the way of the saints. “But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.” 1Cor.11:16. I am saying about my Church and my believes. As a Satanic Pentecostal cult you don’t have the church and nature of Holy Church then there is no matter of talking you about the Church. But for my brothers in this forum I would like to say some words about it.

In writings of our Holy fathers it is very clear that the church is our mother and we are her seed. The liturgy of our church says we are the children of our church. Even Bible (Only the part and the product of the church) says we are the children of the Holy Church, the bride of our Lord Jesus Christ. (We are the children of Jesus as he is the creator of whole universe, we are the brothers of Jesus Christ as he gave us that right, and we are his Bride as we are the part of the Holy Church of Jesus Christ.)
According to the Syrian Orthodox church Understanding Christian Family is defined as a domestic church, a church where God is worshiped as the Lord.

At the time of Baptism of Our church we used to sing
“One has delivered and other one is looking after it”.
“Oruval Pettu mattoruval pottunnu….”Church is the one who is responsible to look after the child who is dedicated to the Lord, on the day of Baptism. It is the responsibility of the parents and all the Christian fellow beings to cater the kids in divine Spirit.
(St. Cyprian, De unit. 6: PL 4, 519).a saint of the church says"No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother" Mothers are loved by their families, and the love of a mother for her sons and daughters knows no bounds. They carried us lovingly in the womb for a period. We have partaken of her goodness, fed on her and developed within her. She has lovingly carried us and to her great joy has given us birth and brought us into this world. From then on she has been there for us to feed us and give us physical growth. She has ensured for our education. As a family she has acted as intermediary with other members, especially our father, from us to him, and to him from us, she intermediates in both directions, and with our brothers and sisters she has ensure that we have acted out of love and charity at all times. I have always liked the idea of church as mother, ever since I was made aware of it. From the above passage on mothers, reading it again, it is not difficult to see the similarities.

The Church like our mother, cares for her sons and daughters, and provides spiritual food for growth in the faith. She ensures for our education, and has tried to ensure that we act out of love and charity with our brothers and sisters at all times. She has been our mediator with God the father, through the power invested in her by Jesus Christ His son, and our brother. Off course, the mothering relationship in human terms and spiritual terms whilst in some ways similar, are in others totally different. I see my mother giving up her life for me; I see her constant concern for me personally, which maybe isn't there from the church all the time. May be the Church is a mother when we go to her as sons and daughters in need, but a mother is always mothering us, twenty four hours a day, whether we are approaching her or not. We are always on her mind. We love our mother, not because she possesses qualities which surpass those of other human beings, but for the simple fact that she is our mother. She might not posses some virtues to the same degree as others, but she is our mother never-the-less and that is why we love her. Because of whom she is, not because of what she is. This is also true of the Church I think. The church has its faults, its weaknesses, and there are moments of which we are ashamed to claim her as our "mother". However, love her we do, because she is our mother, and because our brother Jesus loved her, with all her shortcomings and gave his life for her.
So, in the physical sphere we are given birth, educated, fed and given growth by our earthly mother, so we are also given birth, educated, fed and given growth by our spiritual mother. I think the idea of Church as mother is a helpful one for communicating a good image of church. Although some people do not have a good idea of their mother, I think most people will be able to understand the emotions and the terms of the relationship of which we can speak. Another aspect of this model which can be expanded is the idea of the family unit as a symbol of church, and of the church as being a family unit. The mother-model of the church is suited to this idea. More over like my earthly mother helps me to know and love my father, it is my mother “church” helped me to know my triune almighty who had given his life for me and equipped me to love and worship him in true spirit.
Regarding St Mary
You Pentecostal cults are antichristian because you are witnessing not the Christ who born from perpetual Virgin Mary. You are witnessing antichrist, a christ born out of a prodigal girl. We don’t know who he is and what you are. Our Lord is born out of Virgin Mary, and Our Lord’s Mother is ever Virgin. If your lord’s mother is ever virgin let us speak about her. You are now the part of Satanic Cult. It is very clear from the word of God that the spirit in you was from the very beginning to blame the faithful. You don’t have the Blessed body and bread of Our Lord (Holy Qurbono) then how can you understand what we are speaking. I am sad about you.When we partake the Holy body of Jesus Christ we become the part of the mystical body of Jesus Christ. Thus we become the part of His life and He becomes the part of our Life. When we think in that line what we have and what we own is His and What he is what he owns is ours. As St. Mary is the mother and beloved to Our Lord she is our Mother and beloved to us, her offspring.
Rev. 12: 17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”It is very clear from these words that 1. And the dragon was wroth with the woman (St Mary), 2. And went to make war with the remnant of her seed (Children of St Mary)3. Which keep the commandments of God (Those who keep the commandment of God is the seed/offspring of St Mary)4. And have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (Those who have the testimony of Jesus Christ is the seed/offspring of St Mary)I think you may got brother evrything………….I am Sorry to say you satanic………please try to realize the truth……..God loves you…….Try to understand the word of God in Love of Him, believe in the word of GOD like a child. Don’t be prejudiced……….Don’t allow Satan to be win over you…..
Please read St John 6 Jesus Came to world to give us life. He chose the bread and wine as the means to give us His life, for that he established the Holy Qurbono. Some of the apostles and many gathered there couldn’t believe that what our Lord said. At the end of the chapter: Lord called Jude who didn’t believe in the body and blood of Our Lord as Satan (evil)…….. On the day of lat supper when he (Jude) took the body and blood of our Lord with out believing that as the body and blood of our Lord, Satan entered into him. Brother we want you to be saved.


What is the difference between Satan and God?
Satan looks negatives in every positive. God looks Positives in every negatives. You the satanic cult who cannot see any positive in Holy Virgin Mary…..the mother of all Christians. I would like to conclude by saying that as Orthodox Christians, we are also reminded of our mother Mary in this model. It is worth noting that she has also been seen as a model of the Church. In my opinion the magnificent of the mother of our Lord, can easily be seen as a song of the church militant.
It is the nature of the Satan to play with words; He will never hesitate to quote the word of God. The same we can see in what Satan did during the temptation of Jesus.
Then said these words
I have also passed my B.D. and we have learnt that there are two ways to interpreting the bible, exegesis and eisegesis. I think you are familiar with that. Exegesis is studying the text in the context and then interpreting it and eisegesis is put our ideas into the text without understandng the context. That is exactly what you have done in the verses.What you are doing is eisegesis. It is very clear from your words below. Satan always looks at negative when his pet areas which have kept people in bondage for ages are attacked. Satan does want people to go free. This is Moses cry to Pharoah, "Let my people go free!"

I said to him….
You quoted the word of Moses here to say that Satan don’t want there people to free from bondage. What you want to say? Are we in bondage…….? You are the satanic one wants us to be misguided by quoting this word….ye how we can be under bondage of Satan. We are against Satan…..We are not in bondage. In church we are enjoying communion with our Lord and fellowship of his Holy angels, saints….. and all. Church is the Body of Christ, who bears the body and blood of Christ. You are the one in bondage….. and you want others to be in that bondage.It is the word of God says from the very beginning the serpent who deceiving the children of God there to fight against the Church and its offspring.
Then he again said The church is called to love. Father, you know what these hate messages have done to the church in Kerala. Please be aware of your vocation as Christ's servant. Even on the cross Jesus said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."

I said; this is another technique of Satan. Always want to be good and using the word love in unnecessary ways. For us children of God the word hate is very important...……… For you satanic cult there is no word of hatred in your dictionary. Because you satanic cult if you hate anything there will be nobody in your side…………Dear brother I love you but I hate your deceitful words, and your master Satan, the antichrist.
He said that “the children of God will go free whether you like it or not.”
I saidDear brother Children of God will not go anywhere because those who walk in light will never deviate at anytime from the path…………
Are we in Bondage? We are in Bondage when we do sin and when we disobey the commandment of God Rom 13: 1-ff

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.

For you satanic cult in each and everything there is multi meaning, you say being the part of the mystical body of Christ (Holy Church) is bondage, but for us by obeying our Spiritual Authority and be the part of our Church we are obeying the word of God. For you people we can’t call anything more than satanic because you are deceiving the people of God. You are misinterpreting the word of God.It is not myself even the Word of God speaks you are the Satanic antichristian who lead people to darkness.Let me Quote from our beloved Kaniyamparambil AchanIsn’t it good to hear the Lord's words from anyone? Why ban people?

It is good to learn the Lords words from anyone, as long as the person teaching refrains from giving his or her self-interpretation. Unfortunately this is not the case most of the time. They add, alter, and interpret the Lord’s words for their own gain. Apostles barred these kinds of teachers and barred people from going to listen to these people’s teachings. This is because of the fact that believers can easily be misguided. For example, the serpent that entered Eden never told Eve that there was no God or that one should not obey nor worship Him. All he did was to give a small lecture that if one eats the fruit, he or she will be like God. Eve listened thinking that God asked them not to eat the fruit because God feared of them becoming like Him (Her own interpretation). Subsequently she ‘made a decision’ to eat the fruit without thinking about the consequences. She even enticed Adam to eat the same fruit. Today’s heretics and ‘modern day teachers’ do the same thing - i.e. create doubts and confusion in the minds of people. This will create doubts regarding the truth. If people who stayed with the Holy Trinity were swayed by a small lecture, what would be the fate of ordinary people, if one were exposed to false teachings?
Lets us again see what the apostles ordered the church members to do:“I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create dissension’s and obstacles, in opposition to the teaching that you learned; avoid them. For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.” (Roman 16:17) Please read 2 Cor. 11: 4-15. “But I am afraid that just as the serpent through his deceitfulness misled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted from the sincerity that is in Christ. For if he who has come to you preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you have received another spirit, which you had not received or another gospel, which you had not accepted, you might have listened to him” (2 Cor. 11:3-4). “For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, who masquerade as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. So it is not strange that his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds” (2 Cor. 13-15). Paul gives us such strong messages. If Paul felt that, listening to anyone preaching would not be a problem, he would not have issued such strong messages. From the above advice from Paul, we should understand that many of the preachers or ministers could be false apostles and deceitful workers. John also has issued similar warnings. Now the question is ‘who is telling the truth?’ Is it the new advisers and interpreters that have mushroomed recently or that which was taught (and) practiced from the time of the apostles?

For you Pentecostals
* You don’t have to follow 10 commandments (because you say you are not under the Law) *There is no the Lord’s Prayer to you which our Lord taught his disciples. *There is no confession which God established for the remission of Sin for you satanic cults because you say you are already saved (?), but you are still in your sins.*You don’t have the Holy Qurbono established by our Lord. (St. John 6)*You deny the priestly authority God given to the apostles and its successors. *You deny the anointing the sick by the Holy oil. *You don’t have the Holy Christian Baptism. Through which we become the son of God. And which is for our resurrection and rebirth. *You say you have bible, But we say we have bible and that bible is made by us (Church) for the sake of the church. What we can call you brother……Please go back to the true church of God.
I have nothing with you brother please….. please understand the truth. Please read the links which I posted above.

This is what you do always…… just running around the bush. Another thing for your notice "Our Church' is the one who made this bible and the Church is not the byproduct of Bible. The satanic Pentecostals are the cult which formed out of pried, greedy, selfishness, and ignorance and using the bible for their own way. Thus we call you wolves among us. Children know who their mother is and who their father is. I am not interested to discuss with you more. Even if God says you directly you won’t change.
Getting BD is nothing Man. I know after all what BD is and how much you got through that BD. It is not the human intellect that leads the church it is the wisdom of God revealed to our Holy fathers speaks through our liturgy, especially our Promiyoon Sedra of our church.... Which is more important and most Holy as Bible.
I think you may read the following things before you join in this community.......What you learned from BD, some rubbish Pentecostal things meaningless dialogues......You should learn what the fathers of the church said and how the early Christian community believed and lived. That you should learn from the church. How as an outsider you can judge the church and its teachings............For us again I say our Church and St. Mary is our mother. Like a hen protect their chicken under its wings. Our mother Mary covers us and protects us, with her holiness, those who depend on her intercession will be protected from all sins.

Dear brother you may say that you are never doing sin.......But God knows.....If you are under big sins.....if there is any time of temptation you pray hail Mary full of grace. It is sure that she will be there for your support and you can get out and get away from the sins.I know personally many who came out of the Pentecostals and protestant cults witnessed that.......what are the heresies they attributed to St Mary they entered into the same sins, and they where continued the same physical and mortal sins for many times.

Please try to understand the saints and follow their Holy life......and their holy teaching. http://www.armenianchurchlibrary.com/files/wolves_among_us_frkrikorandyeghiahairabedian.pdfIt is the history of Many man made Pentecostal cults like you and how it originated and how was the life of its founders.







Then he accepted and said in this way.

This is what I have been saying right through. Even St. Francis of Asissi prayer Mary to pray to the Lord for the forgiveness of our sins. Nothing more, nothing less. This is the Gospel. We all want forgiveness of our sins through the death of Christ. He does not go beyond that. Again, in both prayers, he salutes her for her virtues. Every true believer will salute the virtues of Mary. There is no doubt of all the virtues for her faith. We have not contradicted that.
I again said to him@ Ipe what ever things you say............at least you accepted one truth I am happy about that. Dear Ipe your dialogues are very cunning and in between you are putting some “masalas” For this I called you devil. Cheating the believers with sweet words. This is what your master did in Aden with the Eve. Using sweet words and putting lie in-between. For us true believers our yes is yes and no is no. There is no compromise. The saints Saluted not only the virtues of St Mary rather they saluted the person. That is why St Aphrem Said
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For us the fellowship of saints is for our protection and they intercede on behalf of us……..this is the apostolic teaching and even St. Paul ask the believers to pray for him as it is in the church of saints.
Then he tried to attack me personally saying the following words.
All you want is people to blindly stick to "what the your concept of what the church is" so that you may enjoy all the priveleges of priesthood Yes true brother I want my People should know the Lord and should believe in true faith. When they began to know and love their church they will know what the church (want to say them) what our forefathers taught us. The holy saints like Mor Ephrem the Syrian who is accepted even by the catholic church as the saint and Doctor of the Church……..what 1st-4th century saints taught us.
Here is no matter of freedom in the church….It is not me develop the faith of the church. It is Holy spirit who revealed the truth to the world through the Apostols and saints like Mor Ephrem and Our Holy fathers like Mor Gregoriose Parumala.Rom 13: 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.One more thing brother, in our Church each of our believers have the inner freedom……You are the one who want others follow you blindly even though you are blind. It is not me or our Spiritual authority who leads the church. It is the Holy Spirit who works in each and every one of the church who lead the church. It is the members of the church who lead by the Holy Spirit govern the church with its elders.

You said “So that I can enjoy all the privileges of priesthood. Dear brother we are not the ‘Masters’ in the garden of our Lord. Rather we are the servants in the pastures. We are not like you liars who get tithe every month from the people and who lead them to darkness. As priest if you say we are enjoying the privilege, it is true we deserve it and it is the people of God who love us give us these all sorts of respect and supports, but personally I am not accepting any offer or anything from anyone….. You are the devil who wants to bring people into confusion by putting this much cheap silly statements. As St. Paul says in Rom 13: 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Dear brother we deserve everything but we don’t want anything. But for you evil Pentecostal cult if anyone didn’t pay tithe for a month he will be out of your cult. Because you want them only for money.
Dear brother now your real colour came out He continued his words like this.And when that is threatened you get into such an attack which is unchristian and a shame to the cassock you profess to wear. I hope your own sheep expose what you really are, "wolves in sheep's clothing."
I said to Him.Dear brother I don’t have time to sing lullaby to you…………and I am not ready to give you a seat in our ship………..you are the thief…………..How I can bear you brother……..I pray for you to God to pardon you for your personal attack on me. But I can’t bear you or pardon you when you speak lie about the God, the word of God, His church and its saints.

In between one of the saintly person belongs to our Sister catholic Church said in this way…….

Sons of Darkness---Wolf in in disguise
Ipe proved him self to be a lier and a fraud.He proved himself to be part of one of satanic pentecostal cult.It is of these frauds Jesus called wolfs in disguise.MOST of the new age churches are composed of A SATANIC CULT MASTER , his agents called pastors who get money from the cult master ,some mental patients , and 80 % of brainwashed innocent fellows, who consider the cult master as a Godly person .The cult master usually make his customization (false interpretation ) of some of the bible verses and start a new cult which he call a new church)CULT MASTER takes money from the rich innocent brainwashed fools ,who believe by giving money to him they can reach heaven.By this money THE CULT MASTER live Like a King and agents get a job for their daily food, canvassing fools for his BOSS, the CULT MASTER.There are more than 1000 of such satanic Pentecostal cults, which teach contradictory things.Either God is deceiver or they are satanic deceivers who tell lies for money and power.
Please ban IPe
Please ban IPe who tries to spread satanic pentecostal cult ideas.
To moderators
Even devil quote from BibileThere are pentecostal cults which quotes to praise homosexuality.Pentecostal cults quote bible to call "Obama" , "Putin" etc as anti christ.They quote bible and predicted end of world so many times.They quote bible to preach lawlessness and to claim they are already saved.Kindly do not give chance to agents of devil , who are disguised as lambs.
@IpeYou are again continuing your blame and lie. Dear brother if our Leaders travel in the benze or corolla or anything it is because of us. They are our spiritual fathers and we are proud of that.... This I say the cunningness in your words.......You want to pull the pity hearts down........You are a pastor or not that is not a matter. You are the one who belongs to the chain. I know many Pentecostal and I am well known about the percentage you share from top to bottom. Rev 12: 9 and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Dear brother you are the one who we call devil, you are the one who criticize the church and the teachings of the church. It is the word says, our Lord have caste down you from the very beginning. You are the Lucifer, who blame the children of God and blame in every silly thing in whole day and night.

He again asked me the reason for that I called the Church and St
Mary as mothers.

I said him

I have already answered to your questions in my second postings…….there is no more answerAs a full human being our Lord Jesus was protected by Mother Mary when he was child. And she was protected by St Joseph when she carried our Lord in her Womb.What you mean by protection and salvation?As an earthly mother our mother protected us from all the dangers in the world, when we where kids. We all know that it is through her God worked. If you say no it is not your mother protected you from all dangers, it is the God who protected me, I will say that’s true God is all and God is the inspiration for her to do so, or God equipped her to do so. It is good to say God Almighty is everything and he is all at all time that is the sign of divinity. My God is not a selfish one like you and me. It is the God himself make saints worthy to be honored (not worshiped) by others. Just think a house got fire, and if a child is inside... His mother…. at any cost will go inside and fetch that child…because its her child. Will she do it if it’s her cousin or some one..? Some times!!!
True that means our mother will protect us. For that she is willing to leave her life or danger her life. If earthly mom are truly filled with holy sprit.. She will save her child from doing evil things…..for eg:…. just think about St. Augustine...Only his mom’s tears made him a saint... Being protector doesn’t mean that being a savior or redeemer. I and you can’t ever say I am a holy I am a saint I am all and I am worthy to praise. But we will say those who lived as per the word of God by partake the Holy Qurbono is Holy and saint. It is the spirit in the Lord through.
Whom our father raised his only begotten son will raise the dead (saints). It is partaking the Holy Communion with holiness and leave in holiness merit the saints to be worthy for their resurrection. The mother protects her kids from all harms and malice, definitely protection is the act performed by God through Man.
If you say the use of the term protection is not correct. Then how we can say the earthly mother protecting her kids. If so our mother Mary is with us for our protection. From all evil spirits attacks evil thoughts and from all evil wretched acts. As she is mother who promised by God Almighty to St John she is our Mother. It is long after her ascension in to the heavenly aboard St John said that she is the mother of all true Christians who witness Jesus Christ and follow the commandment of God. Rev. 12:17.Do you accept this word of St John as she is our Spiritual mother? No because you have nothing with our Lord and His Mother. For St John Mother Mary is his mother. Not only his mother, the Mother of all human being. Elizabeth and all apostles addressed St. Mary as mother; St Luke is very specific when he uses the term mother when he addresses St Mary.

But you Pentecostals are hesitate even to pronounce the word of our Mother Mary. I didn’t mean the word protection as creation or salvation or redemption. The word protection may use in different ways. You don’t know who is a saint and what the role of saints in the church is. Then how can you know that how Mary is our protector. It is the promise of our Lord to the world at the time of the ascension of St. Mary that in all the malice He will protect the world if she intercedes to our Lord on behalf of us. You liar devil cannot understand this truth. Because you are born out of lie and continuing the same. Do you know how Mary protected the people of India Including your Grand Mothers at time of Tippu Sulthan……. There is a social and cultural basis of starting 8 Nombu perunnal in kerala.

During the time of Tipu when the army tried to maltreat and rape the people of God especially women, they began to pray gathered at Manargad Church and request for the intercession of St Mary. At the end there was a great flood and all the army of Tipu went back many died of this flood. Thus our women in the Kerala got escaped. This is the way our Mother protect us from all the dangers and malice.

As Jance said the time is over to ban the satanic pentacostals

Rev.12:1 സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ വലിയൊരു അടയാളം കാണായി: സൂര്യനെ അണിഞ്ഞോരു സ്ത്രീ (St Mary); അവളുടെ കാൽക്കീഴ് ചന്ദ്രനും അവളുടെ തലയിൽ പന്ത്രണ്ടു നക്ഷത്രംകൊണ്ടുള്ള കിരീടവും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.12:2 അവൾ ഗർഭിണിയായി നോവുകിട്ടി വേദനപ്പെട്ടു നിലവിളിച്ചു.12:3 സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ മറ്റൊരു അടയാളം കാണായി: ഏഴു തലയും പത്തു കൊമ്പും തലയിൽ ഏഴു രാജമുടിയുമായി തീനിറമുള്ളോരു മഹാസർപ്പം.12:4 അതിന്റെ വാൽ ആകാശത്തിലെ നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളിൽ മൂന്നിലൊന്നിനെ വലിച്ചുകൂട്ടി ഭൂമിയിലേക്കു എറിഞ്ഞുകളഞ്ഞു. പ്രസവിപ്പാറായ സ്ത്രീ(St Mary) പ്രസവിച്ച ഉടനെ കുട്ടിയെ തിന്നുകളവാൻ മഹാസർപ്പം അവളുടെ മുമ്പിൽ നിന്നു.12:5 അവൾ സകലജാതികളെയും ഇരിമ്പുകോൽ കൊണ്ടു മേയ്പാനുള്ളോരു ആൺകുട്ടിയെ പ്രസവിച്ചു; (Jesus Christ) കുട്ടി ദൈവത്തിന്റെ അടുക്കലേക്കും അവന്റെ സിംഹാസനത്തിലേക്കും പെട്ടെന്നു എടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു.(Jesus’s Death, resurrection and Asscention to Heaven)
12:6 സ്ത്രീ മരുഭൂമിയിലേക്കു(Heaven/ Paradise) ഓടിപ്പോയി; അവിടെ അവളെ ആയിരത്തിരുനൂറ്ററുപതു ദിവസം പോറ്റേണ്ടതിന്നു ദൈവം ഒരുക്കിയോരു സ്ഥലം അവൾക്കുണ്ടു.

Repeating the same incident in another way in the following words.12:7 പിന്നെ സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ യുദ്ധം ഉണ്ടായി; മീഖായേലും അവന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരും മഹാസർപ്പത്തോടു പടവെട്ടി; തന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരുമായി മഹാസർപ്പവും പടവെട്ടി ജയിച്ചില്ലതാനും.12:8 സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ അവരുടെ സ്ഥലം പിന്നെ കണ്ടതുമില്ല. 12:9 ഭൂതലത്തെ മുഴുവൻ തെറ്റിച്ചുകളയുന്ന പിശാചും സാത്താനും എന്ന മഹാസർപ്പമായ പഴയ പാമ്പിനെ ഭൂമിയിലേക്കു തള്ളിക്കളഞ്ഞു; അവന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരെയും അവനോടു കൂടെ തള്ളിക്കളഞ്ഞു.12:10 അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ ഒരു മഹാശബ്ദം പറഞ്ഞുകേട്ടതു: ഇപ്പോൾ നമ്മുടെ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ രക്ഷയും ശക്തിയും രാജ്യവും അവന്റെ ക്രിസ്തുവിന്റെ ആധിപത്യവും തുടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു; (By the Incarnation of our Lord itself the majesty of our Lord started in the world that is why Jesus said Kingdom is among you.) നമ്മുടെ സഹോദരന്മാരെ രാപ്പകൽ ദൈവ സന്നിധിയിൽ കുറ്റം ചുമത്തുന്ന അപവാദിയെ തള്ളിയിട്ടുകളഞ്ഞുവല്ലോ.12:11 അവർ (saints) അവനെ കുഞ്ഞാടിന്റെ രക്തം ഹേതുവായിട്ടു ജയിച്ചു; മരണപര്യന്തം തങ്ങളുടെ പ്രാണനെ സ്നേഹിച്ചതുമില്ല. (Saints sacrifised their life for Christ)12:12 ആകയാൽ സ്വർഗ്ഗവും അതിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവരുമായുള്ളോരേ, (Saints are Living in the Heaven) ആനന്ദിപ്പിൻ; ഭൂമിക്കും സമുദ്രത്തിനും അയ്യോ കഷ്ടം; പിശാചു തനിക്കു അല്പകാലമേയുള്ളു എന്നു അറിഞ്ഞു മഹാക്രോധത്തോടെ നിങ്ങളുടെ അടുക്കൽ ഇറങ്ങിവന്നിരിക്കുന്നു.12:13 തന്നെ ഭൂമിയിലേക്കു തള്ളിക്കളഞ്ഞു എന്നു മഹാസർപ്പം കണ്ടിട്ടു ആൺകുട്ടിയെ പ്രസവിച്ചസ്ത്രീയെ ഉപദ്രവിച്ചുതുടങ്ങി. (From the very beginning when she conceived our Lord the world evil spirit through the evil man like Herod, Nestor, in these days protestants, Pentecostals, fanatic Muslims, fanatic Hindus and all other non Christian sects and their leaders)12:14 അപ്പോൾ സ്ത്രീക്കു മരുഭൂമിയിൽ തന്റെ സ്ഥലത്തെക്കു പറന്നുപോകേണ്ടതിന്നു വലിയ കഴുകിന്റെ രണ്ടു ചിറകുലഭിച്ചു; (Assention of St Mary to the Paradise witnessed by the apostles especially St. Thomas) അവിടെ അവളെ സർപ്പത്തോടു അകലെ ഒരുകാലവും ഇരുകാലവും അരക്കാലവും പോറ്റി രക്ഷിച്ചു.

12:15 സർപ്പം സ്ത്രീയെ ഒഴുക്കിക്കളയേണ്ടതിന്നു അവളുടെ പിന്നാലെ തന്റെ വായിൽ നിന്നു നദിപോലെ വെള്ളം ചാടിച്ചു. (Still he is continuing it through the anti-christians who say St Mary is not the Mother of God and the mother of all true Christians)12:16 എന്നാൽ ഭൂമി സ്ത്രീക്കു തുണനിന്നു; മഹാസർപ്പം വായിൽനിന്നു ചാടിച്ച നദിയെ ഭൂമി വായ്തുറന്നു വിഴുങ്ങിക്കളഞ്ഞു.12:17 മഹാസർപ്പം സ്ത്രീയോടു കോപിച്ചു, ദൈവകല്പന പ്രമാണിക്കുന്നവരും യേശുവിന്റെ സാക്ഷ്യം ഉള്ളവരുമായി അവളുടെ സന്തതിയിൽ ശേഷിപ്പുള്ളവരോടു യുദ്ധം ചെയ്‍വാൻ പുറപ്പെട്ടു; അവൻ കടല്പുറത്തെ മണലിന്മേൽ നിന്നു.Dear brethren even though our mother is with us for our Protection she want us to be holy like her. All saints wish the same from us. That is why our Holy Mother told us “Listen to Him”. We should listen the word of God. We should live according to His commandments. Obey the Ten Commandments of the Lord is the way to heaven. The Whole bible is the interpretation of 10 commandments, the way how we disobey the commandments, the way how we can keep this 10 commandments. St Ephrem SaidQuotes from St Ephraim on Intercessory Prayer:"Remember me, ye heirs of God, ye brethren of Christ; supplicate the Savior earnestly for me, that I may be freed through Christ from him that fights against me day by day."(From 'The Fear at the End of Life')"Ye victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of the God and Savior, ye who have boldness of speech toward the Lord Himself, ye saints, intercede for us who are timid and sinful men, full of sloth, that the grace of Christ may come upon us, and enlighten the hearts of all of us that so we may love Him."(From the Commentary on Mark)Read a Hymn from St Ephraim's Spiritual Psalter: "How many times have I promised, yet every time I failed to keep my word; but disregard this according to Thy grace.."St. Ephrem the Syrian saysWhen then Enemy sees that Christ, the true Light, is with us, he will not dare to look at us at all, for the light that is in us blinds his eyes.
Dear Brother when we receive the word of God we becomes lightened because we are receiving the word. He Pentecostals are blind in different degrees because from them evil spirit hide the Word, or true meaning of word.So go to the Word of God like a child who jump to his father’s hand with hope. Don’t allow any external things like a person or material thing influence you. Let the Holy Spirit interpret it to you, and check it with our Holy Father’s writings for the proof that it is revealed by the Holy Spirit and we were not cheated by the satan.

Eternal Life

Life is eternal in Christ

Life is eternal in Christ. Jesus says, “Those who believe in the Son of Man have the eternal Life”. Syrian Orthodox Church believes that life is eternal in Christ. The short period of life in this earth is a part of the long span of eternal life in Jesus Christ. Here is an attempt to explain the historical and biblical understanding about the life, death and resurrection of mankind.

What was the situation of man when he was created by God?
When God created Adam and Eve, God created them in His likeness and image. The Syrian church fathers interpreted this likeness and image as the state of immortality and the power of co-creation. When God created Adam like God, he was immortal. Genesis 1:26-31 and 2:19-20 present man both as created from the dust of the earth and as after the image and likeness of God. God also has entrusted man the stewardship of the earth. Therefore patristic tradition sees in man a microcosm of the universe, encompassing both the spiritual and material aspects of creation.
When man worships God, his worship is two fold -spiritual and physical. In this act, man joins the angels and all spiritual creations in the never-ending liturgy of eternal worship since he too is a spiritual being. As partaker and steward of physical creation, man worships on behalf of the physical universe, joining the cosmos in the proclamation of the glory of God (Psalm 19:1-4). What then is a better instrument for God's worship than the voice of the one who represents all creation? For this reason the Orthodox Church worships God using human voice as its sole musical instrument.
When death comes to the world?

When Adam disobeyed the commandment of the Lord, he was set apart from the fellowship of God. He was not able to worship God after having the fruit. As the word of God says the death happened in his life. Syrian fathers interpret it as Adam becoming sick after having the fruit, than the spiritual death.

This spiritual death of Adam is mentioned in the Kohanaitho (book for the funeral service of the priest) as

Kalpana lan-ki-chappo-zha-ngadam
Nishprabhanai theernnu.
Pambum havvaa-yum moolam hantha bahishkruthanayonam
Sunnaranamadamine ortheeren mar kanneer thooki.

When Adam disobeyed the commandment of the Lord… He Lost his spirit (became dark).
The angels dropped tears looking on Adam who was dead because of the serpent and Eve.

The word of God says that the fruit of sin is death.
So Adam died spiritually as well.

Then what is Paradise?

Paradise is the place where the spiritual being is alive. It is the place where man can experience the presence of God, the place where God and the spiritual man meet together and enter into dialogue every day.

Phardaiso eeesaw dooyoro d keene.
Phardaiso eesaw shkeentho d’onwoye.
Phardaiso eesaw haaye dlomauphen
Phardaiso eesaw gnoono dlo phothar
Thoobawla man dashwe dnehave beh yorho.

Hsheemo- Daily prayer book of Syrian Orthodox Church, Friday Midnight prayer.

Paradise is the place of righteous.
Paradise is the dwelling of monks (onwoye)
Paradise is life without end
Paradise is the marriage feast (chamber) which does not pass away,
Blessed is he who is found worthy to have an inheritance there.




Where was Adam after his spiritual death?

After the spiritual death Adam lost the paradise. Even though he was physically alive he was not at all able to face the Lord and praise the Lord. He was in darkness and his thought was only in physical realm. So he felt ashamed. The curse of the Lord came upon Adam.

Second Adam A medicine for the wounded sin of First Adam

Blessed be the shepherd, who becamethe lamb our atonement!Blessed be the Vine shoot, which becamethe chalice for our salvation!Blessed also be the Grape,the source of the Medicine of Life!Blessed also be the Farmer, who becamethe wheat which was sownand the sheaf which was harvested!(Hymn on Nativity 3:15)

As Mor Ephrem says “incarnated Son of God, the light of world, the fruit of the firstborn, has incarnated to enlighten Adam from his darkness. He became a medicine for the wounded Adam.

The first Adam lost his image and likeness when he committed sin. The second Adam said that He was sent by the Lord to restore this image and likeness of God in Adam.

St John 6: 38- 50 says
“38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me.39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at Him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.42 And they said, is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, I came down from heaven?43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, murmur not among yourselves.44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Isiah 54:13 Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.48 I am that bread of life.49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
By the death, Jesus the Son of God becomes the ransom for us. By His resurrection He became our source of resurrection.

What Happens to those who die in Christ.

Jesus, our source of life and resurrection, says in Luke Chapter 20: 35-38
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he call the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
To God, no human being is dead, or ever will be; but all sustain an abiding conscious relation to Him. But the "all" here meant "those who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world." These sustain a gracious covenant relation to God, which cannot be dissolved. In this sense our Lord affirms that for Moses to call the Lord the "God" of His patriarchal servants if at that moment they had no existence, would be unworthy of Him. He "would be ashamed to be called their God, if He had not prepared for them a city"

In Luke 20: 38 God says “All live unto Him”. ie; All spiritual man lives unto Him.

In St Mark Gospel Jesus warned the Sadducees who did not believe in the resurrection and in the eternal life of the human being (Mark 12:18) by saying “And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. Mark (12: 26-27)
To those who not believe in the resurrection and eternal life of spiritual man Jesus says “Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? (Mark 12: 20)”

It is very clear from the Word of God that those who deny the resurrection of the dead and life after the physical death of the human being do not believe in the power of God. They are not aware of the power of God

What happens to a faithful after his/her physical death?

The life of Moses will give us an answer to this question

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not brings against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (Jude 1: 9)

In the Kohanaitho (Liturgy for the funeral service of the Syrian Orthodox Priests) this incident is mentioned in a beautiful way.

Bmawtheth mooshe makeeko eere raumo Nhez leekore
wahloph kohane velvoye moriyo othooro maphe wole
Shapheer wolo lgooro thnoorone
Vathroohone Kaathkoymo hdoraw shaapheer vole L moro
d kulahen baryozo
Kaath kabro kom vamaaphe lreesho
d koolo banbeeyoozo Thaw nesmarle,
Shubaho lamaphe abdaaw
hale-lluyaah Leh theshbuhatho.

Moosa Nibhi than
Maranathin Bahumaanaartham
Vannee-rea-nmaar
Aa-ja-ryan-po-l Avane yadakkam cheythudayoa-n shaylam-than-nil
chuttum ninno ragnyanmee-yanmaa-r.
Kkavanathyanda preethiprathanallo
Ni-bhiyan-maa-rthan thalavane nighila
Jagthnaadhan samskaa-ram-chey
thennathu paarthaa-lathu yogyam
Daasanmaare kabariladakeedunnone
halleluyah sth-othram cheyya-m

The transfigured body of Moses was taken into heaven by the angels of Lord. And he was visible to the Apostles later in the mount Thabore. (Luke 9:30)

It is very evident that those who please the Almighty as they are in the terrestrial life shall never die. They will surely leave the mortal flesh here, and will enter into a peaceful rest till the time of judgment. But those who remained just and got purged out of all earthly evils shall straight away reaches before the throne of the God, to praise him in his presence along with the four creatures and twenty four Patriarchs. The book of Revelation give witness to it, Rev 7: 14-15 “And I said unto him, sir, thou knowest, and he said unto me, these are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robe, and made them white in the blood of lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple, and He shall sit on the throne shall dwell among them.” So it is clear that clinical/physical death is not the end of all.

Two types of death in Bible

Bible speaks about two types of death. One is the Physical Death/ Clinical Death other one is the Spiritual death.
Physical Death/ Clinical Death
Genesis 25: 8 – 9 “ Then Abraham gave his Ghost and died, in a good old age, an old man and full of years and was gathered to his people. His sons Isaac and Ismail buried him in the cave of Machpela. Deuteronomy 35: 5-6 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he was buried in a valley in the land of Moab. 1 Samuel 25:1 And Samuel died, all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him, and buried in his house at Ramah. It is undoubtedly clear that all the three of them had died and got buried in specific places. But where are they now? Are they not in connection with the God and in the Silence as the Psalmist says? Let’s see what the scripture says, Luke 16: 19-31 is the proof for the existence and the whereabouts of Abraham. 16: 13 and from hell the rich man lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Abraham is not lying dead in the Machpelah cave, but he is in the paradise. He is not in Silence, as seen from the following few verses of the dialogue between the rich man and Abraham. As we have seen Moses was buried by God in the Valley of Moab. Where is he now? What does the scripture say? Luke 9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah!So, Moses is still alive and is in the service of the Lord even after thousands of years of his death.

Now comes Prophet Samuel : We have seen that his body has been buried in Ramah. What happened to him after that? Ask Saul whom he ordained as the King of Israelites. 1 Samuel 28: 13-15: … woman said unto Saul I saw gods ascending out of the Earth. As he said unto her, what form is he of? And she said an old man cometh up; he is covered with a mantle and Saul perceived that it was Samuel, he stooped with his face to the ground. And Samuel said unto Saul, why hast though, disquieted me……In the following few verses Samuel Prophecies the death and destruction of Saul and his family.So, the Bible says that Godly men shifts off from the earth but remain alive and God uses them in His service even after death. From these incidents it is clear that clinical death is not the end. It is only the beginning of a new life with the God.

Spiritual Death

Spiritual Death means the separation of the Holy Spirit from a man because of his sinful deeds.

We can see that David Prayed to the Lord to restore the Holy Spirit in him

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit.” (Psalm 51:10 – 12)

We can come to the conclusion from the Words of God that spiritual death is the state of having no Holy Spirit/ right Spirit/ free Spirit.

In Psalm Chapter 115 David say

“Their idols are of silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speaks them through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.” (Vs 4-8)

At the end of this chapter he again repeats that “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.” The dead here meant by David as the one who make and worship idols.

Vs. 18 says about the state of a just who worship true God. “But we will praise the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.”

In Isaiah 8: 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

In the above words those who are mentioned as dead by Isaiah is, who have familiar spirits, and the wizards that peep, and that mutter:

Those who have no Spirit of God are considered in the Bible as dead.

Rev. 3:1-2 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Here Lord says I have not found your work perfect before me and that you have a name that you are alive but you are dead. Here God warns them to be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die.
We can come to the better understanding that even though the human beings are physically alive they are dead before God when they commit sins.
Who deserves the resurrection from the dead and the eternal life?
Only those who are the part of the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ are deserved to the resurrection from the dead and eternal life.

Jesus says……I am the Way, Truth and Life.