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The passing away of the Right
Reverend Easow Mar Timotheos is a great loss to the people of Kerala and particularly to the Mar Thomite Christian Community. The late Bishop's piety and dedication to spiritual causes and his work for the upliftment of the poor will be long remembered. In his death the
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Timotheos was willing to participate in menial chores at the Sihora ashram. Even after becoming a bishop, Timotheos sat with the common people on the floor, while attending prayer meetings. During his visits to the parishes in the Persian Gulf area, he showed interest in the welfare of the
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The government authorities in the islands helped to make arrangements to send Easow Mar
Timotheos's body to Kerala. Through the intervention of Rajiv Gandhi a special Indian Navy plane was arranged and the body was taken to the Cochin Airport on Tuesday, 12 April 1988. From there the body was taken
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He was in the practice of spending hours and hours in prayer. On certain days he would pray the whole night without eating any food. He used to fast regularly four times a week – Monday, Wednesday, Friday evenings, and Sunday mornings, and also for special occasions. During the construction of
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is associated with Hermon
Aramana of Adoor Diocese, primarily focusing the spiritual growth of believers of the Mar Thoma Church. It leads and conducts various programme charismatic meetings, conventions, bible study etc. Under the ownership of spirituality center following key activities are
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broadcast his Easter message. The following week (10 April), Thirumeni was the chief guest of Parish Day celebrations. On 11 April, after conducting a marriage in the Port Blair church, Thirumeni suffered a heart attack at the airport while awaiting his return flight to the mainland. He was
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conducted on regular basis(in pandemic scneario through online platforms) Marital and Pre- Marital
Counseling, Vijayavazhi Student Education Programme, Pakalveedu for Senior Citizens. Also it has very good library with vast array of collection of contemporary books covering various topics
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for intermediate class. He passed his intermediate examination with first class. His relatives offered him support to continue his studies and urged him to get a secular career and look after the family, but he decided to pursue theological training at the
Leonard Theological College in
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Leonard, V. T. Koshy continued to be involved with the ashram, and returned there in 1960 after receiving his B. D. degree. He was ordained as a deacon on 5 October 1961 and a priest on 4 March 1962. He became the vicar of North Indian parishes including
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playing – were popular in the parish, and
Thankappan was good at music. Thazhemannil Mathaichen (T. K. Mathai) was the Sunday school headmaster for many years. Thankappan was active in Sunday school, and practiced fasting (four days a month) from an early age.
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who shared a common interest in the development of rural India. Easow Mar Timotheos visited and conducted services for all of the Mar Thoma congregations in the islands, including holy communion at the
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a training institute in Sihora to impart knowledge and to train young men in evangelism and rural development programmes. But it was made possible only as his memorial.
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Easow Mar Timotheos – a glowing morning star shined for the people of the land for a short while. At his sudden demise in 1988, the then Prime Minister of India Mr.
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Easow Mar Timotheos was the only Mar Thoma Bishop who was a fluent speaker of Hindi (which is mostly spoken in North India). His 21 years of Ashram life in
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