OCP Icon of St. Gregorious of Parumala Venerated in France 

OCP News Service – 21/10/15

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Lourdes- France:  Icon of St. Gregorious of Parumala ( by Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- Pan-Orthodox Christian Society) was dedicated and venerated in France by Metropolitan Mor Mairam Philipose who is the Primate of the Eglise Syro-Orthodoxe-Francophone Church (a small Oriental Orthodox Church based in Paris- France). The veneration ceremony was held during the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. The pilgrimage was led by Metropolitan Mor Mairam Philipose and a handful of Orthodox faithful took part in the event.

The OCP Icon of St. Gregorious of Parumala (the first canonized Indian Saint) is a symbol of Pan-Orthodox Christian Unity. The icon was written by Eastern Byzantine Orthodox monks and the original is preserved at the OCP Chancellors residence in Chicago.

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OCP News Service