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Annual Report 2016 - 2017 H H Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II Catholicos Of The East & Malankara Metropolitan H G Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios Metropolitan, Diocese Of Ahmedabad GLIMPSES OF THE MAIN EVENTS DURING THE YEAR MEETING H.H. POPE TAWADROS II AT EGYPT HG WITH CHIEF MINISTER OF KERALA ECUMENICAL CHURCH MEET AT SHARJAH ECUMENICAL CLERGY FELLOWSHIP AT AHMEDABAD GLIMPSE FROM THE OCYM GLOBAL CONFERENCE HG ELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF HENRY MARTIN INSTITUTE LOI MEETING AT CANADA MGOCSM ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT INDORE OCYM GLOBAL CONFERENCE AT AHMEDABAD PRIEST MEETING AT ARAMANA PRIEST MEETING AT UDAIPUR RECEPTION TO ETHIOPIAN PATRIARCH, H.H. MATHIAS MMVS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT NAGPUR SEMINARY VISIT TO ROHA RETREAT CENTRE WELCOMING HG AT MUSCAT AIRPORT ANNUAL SCHOOL CELEBRATION AT BANSWARA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF HG AT GHALA BLESSING OF THE NEW CAR DONATED BY MGOV BARODA BLESSING OF THE TAILORING SCHOOL HG WITH AMMA AT ITARSI BALAGRAM BLESSING OF UDAIPUR SCHOOL CASA MEETING AT MUMBAI FOUNDATION STONE LAYING FOR FOUNDATION STONE LAYING FOR THE MISSION PROJECT AT DEVERIA THE PROPOSED SCHOOL AT INDORE MALANKARA HOUSE HG INITIATING THE CONSTRUCTION AT GALUDAN ST. MARY'S SCHOOL NARODA AWARDED AS SILVER JUBILEE OF ST. GEORGE OSC CHITTORGARH THE BEST SCHOOL OF AHMEDABAD BY HON. BHUPENDRA SINGH, EDUCATION MINISTER OF GUJARAT HOUSE DONATION WORK BY SOHAR PARISH MEMBERS NEWLY ELECTED DIOCESAN COUNCIL NEWLY ELECTED SABHA MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS BICENTENARY CELEBRATION AT KUNNAMKULAM BLESSING OF KALKURISH AT GANDHINAGAR CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT AHMEDABAD CATHEDRAL CONSECRATION OF ''ALL SAINTS OF CONSECRATION OF MAR GREGORIOS OSC, MALANKARA CHAPEL'' AT GALUDAN JAMNAGAR BY HIS HOLINESS CONSECRATION OF ST. LAZARUS CHAPEL CONSECRATION OF ST. THOMAS OSC, RAJKOT AT AHMEDABAD BY HIS HOLINESS FEET WASHING SERVICE AT SHARJAH PARISH PALM SUNDAY SERVICE AT ST. THOMAS CATHEDRAL DUBAI The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Diocese Of Ahmedabad ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - 2017 H H Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II Catholicos Of The East & Malankara Metropolitan H G Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios Metropolitan, Diocese of Ahmedabad St Thomas Bishop’s House, St Mary’s School Campus, Naroda, Ahmedabad, India 382 330 Ph : 079-2281 1352 , 22980253 Email : [email protected] www.moscad.in DIOCESAN COUNCIL 2012-2017 DIOCESAN SECRETARY : REV. FR. JACOB MATHEW DIOCESAN COUNCIL MEMBERS Rev. Fr. P. O. Mathai, Baroda Rev. Fr. Philip Varghese, Jamnagar Mr. Mammen George, Muscat Mr. Georgekutty M. , Indore Mr. Johney C. George, Baroda Mr. Thomas Varghese, Bhilwara NOMINATED MEMBERS Mr. Koshy C. K., I. A. S. (Retd..), Gandhinagar Dr. C. Thomas, Sultanate of Oman Mr. K. C. Varghese, Gandhidham Mr. Jacob T. Vaidyan, Baroda Mr. P. D. Baby, Ahmedabad MALANKARA ORTHODOX CHURCH MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Rev. Fr. Jose Chemmun, Salalah Adv. Dr. Mathai Mampallil, Ahmedabad Mr. P. K. Koshy, Muscat 2 DIOCESAN COUNCIL 2017-2022 DIOCESAN SECRETARY REV. FR. JAMES GEEVARGHESE DIOCESAN COUNCIL MEMBERS Fr. Saju Padachira Fr. Varghese Thomas Mr. Saji Abraham Mr. Sabu Cherian Mr. C.V. Jacob Mr. Boban Mathew Thomas NOMINATED MEMBERS Mr. Koshy C. K., I. A. S. (Retd..), Gandhinagar Dr. C. Thomas, Sultanate of Oman Mr. K. C. Varghese, Gandhidham Mr. Jacob T. Vaidyan, Baroda Mr. P. D. Baby, Ahmedabad MALANKARA ORTHODOX CHURCH MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Fr. George Abraham Advocate Dr. Mathai Mampallil Mr. Thomas Varghese Mr. Thomas Daniel 3 Kalpana: 53/17 Blessings be upon the Vicars, Associate Vicars, Members of the Diocesan Council, Members of the Diocesan Assembly and all the Faithful of our Parishes in the Diocese of Ahmedabad! Dearly Beloved, This is to inform you that the Annual Meeting of the Diocesan General Assembly, of the Ahmedabad Diocese will be held on Friday 28 July 2017 at 11:00 am at our Diocesan Headquarters, St. Thomas Chapel, Naroda, Ahmedabad, under our Presidentship. The representatives elected from the respective Parishes to the Diocesan Assembly along with the Vicars are asked to attend the Meeting on time. Agenda: 01. Prayer 02. Welcome Address 03. Presidential Address 04. Nomination of the recording Secretaries 05. Read & Confirm the Minutes of the Previous Meeting 06. Matters arising out of the Minutes 07. Present & Pass the Annual Report for the Year 2016-17 08. Present & Pass the Annual Accounts of the year 2016-17 09. Present the Internal & Statutory Audit Report 10. Appoint Internal & Statutory Auditor for the year 2017-18 11. Diocesan Land at Galudan & its present status 12. Diocesan Schools & New School building at Miyekhedi, Indore 13. Revision of Priest Salary & Pension scheme report 14. St. Mary’s International School 15. Any other Matters with the Permission of the chair 16. Concluding Remarks, if any 17. Vote of Thanks 18. Prayer & Benediction May God Almighty shower His abundant Blessings upon your faces; and may the unceasing Intercession of St. Mary, the Mother of God, St. Thomas, our Apostle, and all the Saints, Fathers and Departed be with us always. Yours Shepherd in Christ, Camp: St. Thomas Bishop's House, Naroda, Ahmedabad 02 June 2017 4 AHMEDABAD DIOCESE- AT A GLANCE Constituted : 02/03/2009 (Kalpana No. 93/2009 of H. H. Baselios Marthoma Didymos I Metropolitan : H. G. Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios Diocesan Secretary : Rev. Fr. Jacob Mathew Aramana Manager : Rev. Fr. Isaac Thomas Office Executive : Mr. P. D. Baby Office : St. Thomas Bishop's House St. Mary's School Campus Naroda- Nikol Road, Naroda Ahmedabad – 382330, Gujarat. Telephone : 079-22811352/22980253 Website : www.moscad.in E-mail : [email protected] Priests : 28 Deacons : 4 Seminary Students : 6 Parishes : 31 Congregations : 6 Chapel : 7 Area : Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Sultanate of Oman Schools : 19 Publication : “JYOTHIS” 5 THE MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH, DIOCESE OF AHMEDABAD ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 Greetings to all in the name of the One Triune God Almighty With profound joy and gratitude to God Almighty for His countless blessings and mercies showered upon the Ahmedabad Diocese, may I humbly present this brief annual report, on behalf of the Ahmedabad Diocesan Council on the various achievements and activities of the diocese along with the audited accounts, list of donors for the development of the Diocese for the financial year 2016-17 and with other important informations. Diocesan General Assembly. The seventh annual meeting of the Diocesan General Assembly was convened as per Kalpana No: 40/2016 dated 18th May 2016. The meeting was held on Friday the 15th July 2016 at St. Thomas Aramana Chapel Naroda. The meeting was presided over by the Diocesan Metropolitan H G Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios and attended by 18 priests and 24 representatives from various parishes along with Sabha Managing committee members, Diocesan Council members and other invited guests. The meeting started with prayer led by H G Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios Metropolitan of the Diocese of Ahmedabad. The Diocesan Secretary Fr. Jacob Mathew welcomed the president, all the members and the special invitees. The Diocesan Secretary presented the minutes of the previous meeting of the general body held on 18th July 2015 and the same was confirmed and passed unanimously. Annual report and accounts for the year 2015-16 was passed. Diocesan Council meeting. During the period the Ahmedabad Orthodox Diocesan Council met three times ie. 14th July 2016, 30th September 2016 and 07th February 2017. Various decisions pertaining to the activities of the diocese were taken up. The important decisions taken in the meetings are; A Salary increment and increase of DA to priests. B Passed the budget for the year 2017-18. C St. Marys International school at Ahmedabad. D Dispersing PPF amount to all priests with all arrears. E Purchase of new school at Banswara. F Construction of Malankara house at Galudan property. G OCYM Global Conference. 6 Our Diocesan Metropolitan. Our Diocesan Metropolitan, H.G. Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios is providing a dynamic leadership to the Diocese for its Spiritual growth and for its various other activities. His Grace has been visiting all the Parishes under the Diocese and nourishing them spiritually and guiding them in all respect. His Grace also likes to meet people from various faith and backgrounds. Jubilee celebration. 50th birthday along with the silver jubilee of the priesthood and seventh year of the episcopacy together celebrated in the Diocese and various parishes separately in the month of March 2017. As a young Bishop at 50, His Vision and commitments towards the Diocese is praise worthy. His Grace is a member of CASA (Church Auxiliary for Social Action) western regional committee, Orthodox – Catholic Inter-Church Dialogue and Vice-Chairman & Executive Committee Member of Henry Martin Institute, and has been attending their meetings at Bombay, Kottayam and Hyderabad on behalf of Malankara Orthodox Church. His Grace Dr. Geevarghese Mar Yulios, is the Convener of the Synodical Commission for Moral and Ethical Issues. The Commission has so far finalized and submitted few report to the Holy Synod on vital issues of moral and ethical concerns. His Grace is the Chairman of Orthodox TV based at Atlanta in USA and Vice President of Media Cell of the Indian Orthodox Church (Outside Kerala Region). Besides being a Faculty member of St.Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary, Nagpur, His Grace is a Visiting Faculty at Henry-Martyn Centre for Inter Religious Dialogue, Divinity School of Theology, University of Chicago. Visits. During the year Thirumeni visited U.S.A, Canada, London, Ethiopia. Passion Week Service. His Grace conducted holy passion week services at Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church at Sharjah, this year. Ecumenical Activities The Diocese has been very active in the ecumenical activities, especially in the following two organizations – a) Gujarat United Christian Forum for Human Rights (GUCFHR) – It is the apex body of all mainline Churches at the State level. Meetings of the body are conducted regularly, where all the Bishops participate, and deal with common and general issues concerning the Church and social aspects.
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