tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37355647014981913642024-03-14T11:47:39.522+05:30ܫܰܪܒܛܳܐ ܢܳܨܪܳܝܳܐ ܕܡܪܝܬܘܽܡܰܐThe squiggles reads 'Sharbtho Nazarene d'Marthouma' - meaning The Christian tribe of Saint Thomas.
A blog on this interesting community, certain perspectives/analysis, interviews, fact-digging & some eureka-momentsSujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-79878205159515241882019-06-03T15:33:00.004+05:302021-07-19T10:20:08.717+05:30On history’s twists and influences
Translated transcript of my interview with Rev. Fr.
Dr. Joseph Cheeran. This retired professor of UC College, Aluva, currently
stays at his son’s residence at Mookkannur but restricted to his room due to
glaucoma.
Popularly known as ‘Cheeranachen’, this Malayalam vidwan later turned out to become a prominent church-historian and writer.
His blindness hasn’t Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-40390272382829359852018-11-22T12:37:00.001+05:302018-11-23T13:47:22.622+05:30Plate Pole Apart
Dr. Kanam Sankara Pillai is a renowned Surgeon, Obstetrician & Gynecologist, who resides in the cool estate-region of Ponkunnam, Kerala.
In his spare time, he promotes health-education and natural-farming to the public.
If that is not enough, he has also published many books and has articles & columns in many periodicals and papers.
Dr. Kanam’s Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-62039709712181919412018-04-18T18:12:00.001+05:302019-06-06T14:19:12.115+05:30On the known and unknowns
Bar Eto Briro Dr. Daniel Babu Paul IAS is one of Kerala’s eminent and awarded bureaucrats. He is one the most prominent member of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobite faction).
Scholar. Speaker. Straight.
Retirement doesn’t let Dr. Babu Paul rest, invitations for speeches keeps him active. He loves a good intellectual discussion and piquing on his vault of Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-45231264061148339892018-03-13T11:25:00.001+05:302018-03-14T11:09:21.358+05:30On the Golden Oldies
Chevalier Prof.
George Menachery is a respected figure among many different groups:
historians, archaeologist among others. He is best known for his many tomes
on the St. Thomas Christians.
A warm host and
spends his time between conferences and talks. He is also with my opinion
that more of the new-generation Malayali diaspora should be aware of their
history and Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-69064484782234680522018-03-06T17:22:00.000+05:302018-03-08T12:05:52.114+05:30On the Kaldaya Sabha
Translated transcript of my interview with His Grace
Dr. Mar Aprem Mooken at the Metropolitan’s Palace in Thrissur. H.G Dr. Mar
Aprem heads what is the Chaldean Syrian Church, which is Indian avatar of the
Assyrian Church of the East.
Thirumeni was his humorous and candid self that
evening of 2nd February 2018; he bubbles with facts and figures,
after all he is Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-58493442762734200702014-11-18T15:38:00.002+05:302021-07-19T10:37:10.292+05:30The small canopies of a large tree
Being the online curator of my paternal-side family tree led me to also glance upon the many other available SyrChr trees on the Net and sometimes their family histories... this mainly to discover the missing connections across the sabha-polarized families.
Yes, I discover there are prominent Northerner family names in the South (Chiramel, Vadakken, Alukka) and prominent Southerner names Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-32336083652899462292013-05-20T18:10:00.001+05:302013-06-28T20:42:40.459+05:30The Georgios Mystery
My own fascination with the Saint George began at the age of six or seven, with
the ubiquitous picture (common in this part of the world) of the saint, when I held up the decorated umbrella as part of St. George Day procession
at Thonackadu church. The elders had told me the fairy tale (the one we are all
so familiar with) when asked who was in that picture: Geevarghese they named
the hero. Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-16268147111581775982013-04-12T19:30:00.003+05:302021-07-19T10:39:34.869+05:30Entropy
Found these in wikipedia: Very good illustrations on the schismatical history and so decided to share this here. The pictures below are not mine; all credits to the original owner(s). Thank You Collaboration!
This one depicts the birth of the different (major) christian denominations (global). Notice the Oriental Orthodox split from the mainstream after Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-83988065548229364862013-04-09T18:34:00.000+05:302013-06-28T20:53:31.844+05:30Foggers
While one reads through the available SyrChr literatures; these terms can cloud your understanding :
Syrian & Assyrian: “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch”.
Quite nearby and not long later, Edessa had many Christians. Syriac was the
then language of the region and soon it became known as language of Christian
communities there. These Christians began to be Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-41453504521827175972009-03-14T08:27:00.005+05:302013-04-10T11:24:16.101+05:30Demystifying of the Qurbana
The Qurbana (Mass in Syriac) is like an onion; with layers of meanings/representations: On physical, mental, spiritual, symbolic levels. The early church fathers thought of this brilliant way of keeping the faith strong over the millennia: with an opera steeped in meaning. The current church CxOs say the Qurbana cannot really be demystified and that it affects an attendee on the conscious, Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-42756039138784954922008-02-02T23:09:00.001+05:302013-04-08T16:37:16.129+05:30Stuccoes
Beautiful, intriguing yet clueless as to what these embossed figures, on old church walls, are. One can find tigers, peacocks, dragon, hunters, horses, moon, elephants, fishes, …er fish mutations and what not.
Heres a few of them (make sure you turn on the titles and descriptions):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8705617@N08/sets/72157603839493453/show/
A line of thought, Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-56494255842305581142007-12-25T05:34:00.001+05:302013-04-08T16:24:24.356+05:30Pariahs and Pride
This post is primarily a response to a comment from someone who's signed off "Jagveer" to my post on the likely origins of the Syrian Christians. I'll overlook the obvious sarcasm in the comment and try to address the common misconceptions that underlies the thinking reflected in this comment. I received pretty much the same response when I posted this on a wikipedia discussion board.
"Ah yes.veliathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087332853022720028noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-31735581059865246252007-12-13T09:52:00.000+05:302013-04-07T17:11:19.169+05:30On the Syrian Christians (Nasrani Mappilas) and their origins
I would like to weigh in with my take on the origin of the Syrian Christians aka Nasrani Mappilas. Some of it is theoretical, some of it is based on folklore, some on known trends in Kerala&India. Some of the theory is mine, some of it is others. I will try to separate out each of these as I present my take on the history of the Syrian Christians(SyrChrs).Perhaps the most important point to veliathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087332853022720028noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-65740212514703053032007-08-01T14:15:00.004+05:302013-05-21T10:57:34.099+05:30Mor Mysterious
Check if you have heard of any of these characters. Many of these names will normally be
post-fixed with the word 'Sahada', which in Malayalam means saint or martyr
pre-fixed by the title ‘Mar’ or ‘Mor’ if male and ‘Martha’ or ‘Mortha’ if female
Martha-Shmooni in whose name is there are Jacobite churches, one at Peroor, Kottayam. Dont blame you if you Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-49351669120502365132007-06-10T12:20:00.001+05:302013-04-08T16:39:03.535+05:30Orthodox Outpost
Click on the link below for a slide show of some of the oldest churches in and around Kunnamkulam, Thrissur. What is unbelievable by us southists is that all of them are under the Malankara Orthodox Syrian wing. Yes, so far off north of Kottayam! Make sure you turn on the titles and descriptions in the link below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8705617@N08/sets/72157600299122375/show/
Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-64647668611406919262007-06-10T11:54:00.001+05:302013-04-08T12:16:35.254+05:30State of Churches
If the Thomasine-legends are true, then there is at least 1940 years of Christianity in Kerala. So this bio-diversity hotspot of the world also hosts some of the world's oldest churches. The legend of one of these churches is that it is the first church in the world :) ... don't think one can prove that though.
Anyway coming back to the point of the post, today an historian or a tourist Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-73137060358664399312007-04-08T11:34:00.001+05:302013-04-08T12:17:20.657+05:30Blended Sabha Blended Architecture
Mosque? Church? Temple? Western
or Eastern? Roman or Antiochene?
Some call the St. John's
Cathedral in Thiruvalla as Puttukuttipally
but I am in all praise for it ever since I decided to take a closer look at it
recently. Unlike Perumthachan's
temple pond this is not just an illusion; it is a good blend of all the
characteristics of sabha onto one structure. If one go a little Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-51030687376644064952007-04-08T11:19:00.001+05:302013-04-09T18:38:54.238+05:30The Suriyanis Ignoramus
Here are some facts and figures thats you will NOT get from your Sunday schools:
§ First of all, know that Syriac like Sanskrit is more ecclesial; rarely spoken. Broadly classified into two types : West-Syriac (Serto) and East-Syriac (Chaldean). Aramaic is a language using the the Syriac Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-68382618227962022582007-04-08T11:15:00.001+05:302013-04-06T11:46:29.188+05:30The Malsabha of yore
Malayali SyrChr freshmen like me are drawn to the history of Syrian Christians of Kerala (SyrChrs) mainly to find answers to two particular questions:
What sort of Christianity prevailed here originally? That is before the arrival of the Portuguese. Were we originally Orthodox or Catholic?
What does it mean to be a SyrChr?
Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735564701498191364.post-86234011725306941692007-04-08T10:00:00.002+05:302013-03-18T13:50:11.482+05:30Yeastier Easter
Today in the break between yeasty breads and drinks, I decided it's time to launch this blog. Easter Sunday is wonderful for the palette and therefore for the mind :)
Many of the disillusioned-us do not know what it means to be Suriyani Kristhiyani (Syrian Christian): confused by what one sees and hears, distrustful ofwhat we were taught and with no knowledgeable&Sujith Philiposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579943442946924949noreply@blogger.com6