Tag: India

Kolkata community hosts Armenia vessel, remembers Makar Ekmalian

OCP- August 18, 2011

17/8/2011 KOLKATA, INDIA - Armenia's Ambassador in India Ara Hakobyan and the eight-member crew of the Armenia sailing vessel led by author Zori Balayan were ... Read More

155TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF MAKAR EKMALIAN IN INDIA

OCP- August 2, 2011

31/7/2011 On 31st July 2011, the Armenian Church of India celebrated the 155th birth anniversary of the great Armenian composer Makar Ekmalian at the Armenian ... Read More

Catholicose Baselious Thomas 1st Celebrating 83rd Birthday

OCP- July 22, 2011

Syrian Orthodox Church in India H.B.Baselious Thomas 1st, the spiritual leader of Syrian Orthodox Christians in India celebrates his 83rd birthday today. H.B.Baselious Thomas 1st ... Read More

Hasio Issac Mor Osthatheos visited His Excellency Syrian Ambassador to India

OCP- July 20, 2011

Syrian Orthodox Church in India 19/7/2011 Mor Osthatheos Issac, Metropolitan of Delhi Diocese was invited by His Excellency Riad Abbas, the Ambassador of Syria. His ... Read More

Catholicose Baselious Thomas met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh & UPA President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi

OCP- July 20, 2011

Syrian Orthodox Church in India 17/7/2011 INDIA/NEW DELHI: H.B Catholicose Baselious Thomas 1st (Catholicos of Indian and Metropolitan Trustee of the Syrian Orthodox Church in ... Read More

The changing face of the Church

OCP- July 13, 2011

13/7/2011 Andhra Pradesh, India It’s a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this ... Read More

Armenian Church in Mumbai has no Priest

OCP- July 4, 2011

4/6/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Zabel Joshi, now last surviving Armenian in Mumbai, India, was raised as a Lebanese Armenian in Beirut. She met her husband, a ... Read More

Armenians in Mumbai: A 200-year History

OCP- July 3, 2011

Aarefa Johari, Hindustan Times 3/7/2011 Zabel Joshi (nee Hayakian), now Mumbai’s last surviving Armenian, was raised as a Lebanese Armenian in Beirut. She met her ... Read More

Book on Remaining Graves at Armenian Church, Dhaka-India, Published

OCP- June 28, 2011

27/6/2011 Family history researcher Liz Chater has completed her book: "Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India – DACCA – 1722-1977". It contains in excess ... Read More

Annual Regional Holy Episcopal Synod of Syrian Orthodox Church in India Concluded

OCP- June 10, 2011

Syrian Orthodox Church in India- Under the Patriarchal See of Antioch and All East 10/6/2011 INDIA/COCHIN/PUTHENCURIZ: Annual regional Holy synod of Syrian Orthodox Church in ... Read More

Veteran Congress leader and Favorite Son of Indian Orthodox Oommen Chandy sworn in as Kerala’s 21st Chief Minister

OCP- May 18, 2011

18/5/2011 India/Kerala/Thiruvanathapuram: Veteran Congress leader and Favorite Son of Indian Orthodox Oommen Chandy has been sworn in as Kerala's 21st Chief Minister. Oommen Chandy was ... Read More

Metropolitan Mor Julius Kuriakose enters eternal Rest

OCP- April 9, 2011

9/4/2011 Syrian Orthodox Church in India Dr. Mor Julius Kuriakose (78) - Senior Metropolitan for Simhasana (Patriarchal) Churches & Former First Secretary to HH enters ... Read More

190th Anniversary of the Armenian College

OCP- April 5, 2011

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 2/4/2011 The 190th Anniversary of the founding of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy (ACPA), Kolkata, India was celebrated on ... Read More

Catholicos of the East Calls On Mrs. Pratibha Patil, the President of India

OCP- March 16, 2011

B. J. Mathews 16/3/2011 Indian Orthodox Church NEW DELHI: Catholicos of the East Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II visited the President of Indian Union ... Read More

Demise of Metropolitan Mor Polycarpus Geevarghese

OCP- March 7, 2011

7/3/2011 Syrian Orthodox Church in India Senior Metropolitan of EAE & St. Antony's Mission (Honnavar Mission), His Grace Mor Polycarpus Geevarghese (78) Passed Away KANNUR, ... Read More

India Armenians take a trip from Kolkata to Chennai

OCP- March 1, 2011

28/2/2011 Chennai, India - Very Rev. Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of the Armenians in India and the Manager of the Armenian College & Philanthropic Academy, ... Read More

Bulgaria, Russia Mark 100th Birthday of Bulgarian Prophet Woman Vanga

OCP- February 5, 2011

31/1/2011 Bulgaria marks Monday, January 31, 2011, the 100th birthday of prophet Vanga, an anniversary widely covered in the media in Russia where the Bulgarian ... Read More

Orthodox Nativity Celebrations Worldwide – Snaps

OCP- January 6, 2011

Photos of Orthodox Christian Nativity Celebrations Worldwide. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas mainly on 25th of December, 6th and 7th of January. 2010/2011 Source1: Source2: Source3: ... Read More

Live Broadcast of Catholicos Enthronement Ceremony

OCP- October 31, 2010

31/10/2010 Indian Orthodox Church Parumala/Kerala/India: Watch the Live Web cast of the Catholicose Enthronement Ceremony by Gregorian TV. Nov. 1, 6.30 am - 11.30 am ... Read More

The Feast of St. Gregorius of India

OCP- October 31, 2010

31/10/2010 Parumala/Kerala/India: The 108th Feast (Dukarono) of St. Gregorius of India (the first canonized Indian Saint) celebrated at Parumala Church (Parumala Semianry) on 1st and ... Read More

The Catholicos of the East Abdicates

OCP- October 30, 2010

Indian Orthodox Church INDIA/KOTTAYAM: The great shepherd of Malankara decided to step down. It is in a special session of the Holy Episcopal Synod that ... Read More