RSS leader meets Jacobite, Orthodox Church leaders
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Factions are locked in a fight over ownership of churches
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Factions are locked in a fight over ownership of churches
A senior functionary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday gave audience separately to the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church who have been locked in a bitter fight over ownership of parish churches in central Kerala.
Sources said RSS joint general secretary Manmohan Vaidya, who was in Kochi, held back to back meetings with Geevarghese Mar Yulios and Yakoob Mar Irenios, the metropolitans respectively in charge of the Ahmedabad and Kochi dioceses of the Orthodox Church, and Joseph Mar Gregorious, the Metropolitan Trustee of the Jacobite Syrian Church, along with Jacobites Church secretary Peter Elias, priest trustee Sleeba Paul Vattavelil and lay trustee Shaji Choondayil.
Jacobites call off stir after 50 days
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Criticise State govt. for not bringing out to law to end stand-off
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Calling off its 50-day demonstration in front of the Secretariat on Friday, the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church strongly opposed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s stance not to bring legislation to ‘guarantee justice’ for the denomination and resolve its stand-off with the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
The faction also hinted at the possibility of adopting a political stance ahead of the Assembly polls. A political affairs committee will be constituted to decide the faction’s political position.
February 17, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: The southwestern Indian state of Kerala (map) is 55% Hindu, 27% Muslim, and 18% Christian. Two Eastern Catholic churches (the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church) have their headquarters there, as do two Oriental Orthodox churches (the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church).
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Orthodox metropolitans visit Panakkad
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Metropolitans Geevarghese Mar Yulios and Yakob Mar Irenios of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church visit Indian Union Muslim League leaders at Panakkad on Friday.
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MALAPPURAM Metropolitans of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church visited Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders at Panakkad near here on Friday with an objective of trying to strengthen the bonds between the Muslim and Christian communities in the State.
Metropolitans Geevarghese Mar Yulios and Yakob Mar Irenios reached IUML chairman Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal’s house at Panakkad in the morning and held discussions with the Muslim League leaders. IUML general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty, MP, State general secretary K.P.A. Majeed and district president Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal joined the meeting. Syed Hyderali Thangal said it was a friendly visit by the metropolitans.