Kollam, Jan 28: Former Catholicos of the East,
Baselios Marthoma Mathews II, who died at Devalokam, headquarters of the Malankara Metropolitan, on Thursday was laid to rest today at the specially erected tomb at Mount Horeb Ashramam Chapel, Sasthamkotta in this district of Kerala...

Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Didymus-I led the the funeral ceremony. The mortal remains of the Catholicos, who died at Devalokam in Kottayam, were brought ...

Malayala Manorama - India
Kottayam: His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews II was the sixth Catholicos of Malankara Orthodox Church and the 89th in eastern nations, was the 19th Metropolitan of Malankara. He was leading a rest life in the Catholicate aramana, after resigning voluntarily from his official duties on October 29, 2005....

Daily Pioneer - New Delhi,India
... Joseph Mar Gregorios, Jocobite Church secretary Thambu George, trustee George Mathew and Fr Kallapara held talks with the District Collector and the ...

Differences Between Malayalee Christian Faiths ... Can use modern Christian
songs at any time during mass; no rigidity in song choice ...

ANBA - Sao Paulo,Brazil
Shenouda III is the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which gathers the absolute majority of Christians in Egypt and, according to tradition, was founded by St Mark in the first century of the Christian era. The Pope is coming to consecrate the first Coptic Church in the country, in São Paulo. 'He will give his blessing to the whole of Brazil,' said father Aghason Anba Paul...

Hindu - Chennai,India
KOCHI: Celebrations on the feast of Paulose Mar Athanasius ended at Thrikkunnathu, near Aluva, on Thursday with the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church celebrating the holy Eucharist at separate locations and holding processions.

While Catholicos of the East Baselius Mar Thoma Didymus I led the holy Eucharist and the procession for the Orthodox faction, Baselius Thomas I led the celebrations for the Jacobite group....

Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... "Christians are being forced to leave Iraq after years of peace," said Fr. Ismael Kardush, an Orthodox Christian cleric participating in the demonstration. "They can't target the Americans, so they target us for having the same religion, even if we're fellow Arabs." ...

An international commission for dialogue between
the Catholic and Oriental Orthodox churches is meeting this week in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, hosted by the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II....