Mar Dionysius also 2ģ faced an unlawful and unauthorized order of excommunication from the Syrian Patriarch and betrayal of his closest aides such as Mar Ivanios of Bethany who was unwilling to stand firm in the face of struggle. Most noteworthy is the Syrian Patriarch trying to usurp authority in Malankara, which increased the number of court cases requiring the Metropolitan to be examined in court for months on end. Vattasseril Thirumeni and the life he endured to pave the way for the modern day Malankara Sabha, through the first stanza of a poem written in 1895 by the British Poet, Rudyard Kipling: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise Mar Dionysius lived with many momentous and trying experiences during his lifetime. This was made possible through the vision of one person Vattasseril Thirumeni. It evolved into a global church that enjoys a position in the World Council of Churches and sits firm as member of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Malankara Church became not just the Church of Malabar as it was known in its early days. This solidified the independent authority of the church and ushered a new dawn in the life of the Malankara Sabha. In 1912, through the leadership of Vattasseril Thirumeni re-established the ancient Catholicate of Tagrith in Malankara, thus continuing the tradition of the Persian church (Eastern Syriac) with which the Malankara church traces its lineage and has had Episcopal connections from the very beginning. He believed that the Malankara church was not simply a branch of another foreign church, but it is an ancient church that enjoyed a freedom from the very day that Mar Thoma Sleeha established the church in A.D. The Malankara Sabha is the epitome of the word freedom because one church father believed this was the right of the church. The Malankara Sabha stands today as an autonomous and autocephalous church because of the vision, desire and struggle of this church father who lived and walked on the grounds of the Old Seminary in Kottayam.
God has led the Sabha into the Promised Land through our shepherd, Malankara Sabha Bhasuran, Saint Vattasseril Geevarghese Mar Dionysius. Today, we can say without any doubt that like the Israelites, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India has entered into our land of Canaan. God showed Moses the Promised Land but the shepherd who led the Israelites was not allowed to enter into this land, rather died on Mount Nebo. The promise land of Canaan was the ultimate aim and desire of the Israelites who had been delivered from their slavery in Egypt and sojourned for years in the desert. Almighty God brought Moses up to the top of Mount Nebo and he showed him the land of Canaan.
Yacoob Mar Irenaeus For Private Use OnlyĢ Introduction In the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 34, we read the events of the final moments of the life of Moses. 1 Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Sabha Bhasuran Visudha Vattasseril Geevarghese Mar Divanasios Thirumeniyude Penkeesa Namaskaram Prabatha Namaskaram By His Grace Dr.
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