Message from Archbishop H.E. Yeldho Mor Theethose

Message from General Convenor

MASOC – News Letter

Jubilee Convention Special

Dearly Beloved,

It is with immense pleasure that I am addressing you through this News Letter releasing in connection with our Jubilee Con-vention. In 2010 July we are conducting the Convention to mark the completion of 25 years of Archdiocesan Family Confer-ence. This is a time for thanksgiv-ing and gratitude. We are grate-ful to our loving Lord who brought us all to this great Coun-try and providing everything for a smooth life. We remember with gratitude all those who initiated our parishes to worship in our own Tradition and to protect our Faith.

The Malankara Archdiocese under the fatherly guidance of His Holiness the Patriarch has grown to a mature Archdiocese in the Holy Church. I am happy to invite you all to the Jubilee Convention which will be held in July 22- 25, 2010 in New Jersey. Mark your calendar well in advance to attend the Conven-tion and to share the joy of get-together when our entire families are coming together.

May God bless you,

+ Archbishop Theethose Yeldho

This Convention is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I strongly encourage you all to attend this historic event.

Respected Priests, Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Let me take this opportunity to invite you to the Silver Jubilee Convention of Malankara Arch-diocese at the Garden State Con-vention Center in Somerset, New Jersey to be held from July 22nd – July 25th, 2010. We hope the Jubilee Convention will be a blessing for all and that it may enable each one of you to approach our Lord more closely in worship and with gladness.

The Jubilee Convention Com-

mittee is making elaborate ar-rangements and we expect a turnout of over 2000 delegates from across 50 States in US and 10 provinces in Canada. As I write this note, we have over 250 families (approximately 800 dele-gates) signed up for the event and we need to step up our efforts to bring more delegates into this event. So, I strongly encourage those of you who have not yet registered to do so immediately. Now more than ever, we need your help, support and prayers for the Jubilee Convention.

Inside this issue:

Editorial 2

Publicity Committee 2

Registration Kickoffs 3

Convention Website 4

Upcoming Events

Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America Jubilee Convention –2010

Somerset, New Jersey (July 22-25, 2010)

December 2009

Volume 1, Issue 1

H.E. Yeldho Mor Theethose

Archbishop of North America

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57

Joby George General Convener

• January 3rd - Registration kickoff at Houston

• January 10th -Registration kickoff at St. George MSO Church, Carteret, NJ

• January 17th - Registration kickoff at St Mary’s White Plains NY

• January 22,23 Registration kickoff at Canada

• January 30,31 Registration kickoff at Chicago

H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka 1st Iwas,

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

It is with profound happiness that we are releasing the first edition of this news letter in connection with the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Malankara Archdio-cese. The main purpose of this monthly publication is to bring updates and details of the convention to pub-lic. A variety of interesting matters would add in fu-ture editions including regular updates from the di-ocesan leadership . As Thirumeni mentioned in His Eminence’s message, this is a time for thanksgiving and gratitude to our Almighty Lord who brought us all to this great land of freedom and opportunities and showering all blessings on our life journey. When we brush up our memory, we visualize many members of clergy and laity of the Archdiocese who put their self-less efforts , time and money to keep up our rich tradi-tion and good faith in this new world.

On behalf of the Publicity and Public Relations committee a yahoo group named MASOC-NA has been formed mainly to circulate this news letter among our parishioners. Mr. Saju Skaria, AZ has agreed to be The Editor of the News Letter and Mr. Abey Abraham, PA to be the moderator of the group MASOC-NA. I hope the publicity and public relations committee of a group of talented and skillful profes-

sionals having good experience in journalism / latest technology could bring our dreams to reality. Archbishop His Eminence Yeldho Mor Theethose Thirumeni, Mr. Joby George (General Convenor), Mr.George Korath (National Coordinator), Rev. Dr.Varghese Manikat(Diocesan Secretary), Mr. Abraham Mathew (Diocesan Treasurer) and Mr. Sunny Paulose (Council rep to Publicity committee) are thankfully remembered for their guidance and leadership support. Special word of thanks to Mr. Jijo Joseph, Dr.Jacob Mathew and Mr. Babu Jacob-Nadayil for their sincere efforts. Let the godly love and truthfulness lead us through the green pastures. Publicity and Public Relations committee: Mr. Biju Cherian, NY (Coordinator)

Mr. Sunny Paulose,NY(Diocesan Council Representative)

Mr. Saju Skaria, AZ (Co Coordinator)

Mr. Varghese Palamalayil,Chicago, IL (Co Coordinator)

Mr. Abey Abraham, PA

Mr. Alexander Kunjukunju,NJ

Mr. M.G.Abraham, Dallas,TX

Mr. Vinu Kuriakose, Austin,TX

Mr. Sony Alex,PA

Mr. Lal.T.John, Canada

Mr. George Varghese, Houston, TX

Message from the Publicity Coordinator

Small steps for a giant leap Our Lord Jesus Christ was the greatest communica-tor who ever lived. He communicated through small parables to the multitude; a language that was well understood by the kings and Pharisees (theologians) and the common men alike. If our destiny is to mature into God’s character and if this character is best seen in Jesus who took on the “form of a servant,” then, as we work out our own salvation in the realm of conflict and communication, our best choice of conversation is to emulate the form used by Christ. Our Archdiocese is in a rapid growth path and Jubi-lee convention is playing a significant role in bringing all the faithful together. And, the intent of the

MASOC News Letter is to be the effective media to communicate the happenings and bring them to your personal attention for further action. In this ‘twitter’ and instant messaging age, we would like to keep our stories and updates short and crisp to keep the attention span of our readers. These communications would be invitational, life-giving, and geared for growth for the individuals and the church. We look forward to your feedback to make the efforts more meaningful in the coming days.

From the desk of the Editor

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Saju Skaria Chief Editor

Biju Cherian, Coordinator, Publicity and Public Relations

V. Rev. Varkey Mundackal Corepis-copo accepted Grand sponsorship from Mr. K. J. Paulose during the special kick-off ceremony held at the perunnal cele-brations of St. Mary's M.S.O. Church, West Nyack, NY. St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, Spring Valley, NY hosted a registration kickoff cere-mony of the upstate New York region on Sunday November 22nd, 2009. His Emi-nence Archbishop Yeldho Mor Theethose inaugurated the kickoff by accepting Grand sponsorship from the parish mem-ber Mr. Roy Mathew of Karavallil Group. Many parish members registered

for jubilee convention during these occa-sions. Mr. Joby George (General Convenor) Mr. Abraham Mathew (Diocesan Treasurer), Mr. Sabu Skariah (Coordinator, Sports) Mr. Biju Cherian (Coordinator, Publicity and Public Relations), Mr. Geemon George (Coordinator, Cultural Programs), Mr. Jijo Joseph (Registration Committee), Mr. Thampy Panackal (Procession committee Co-coordinator) and Mr. Sabu Jacob (Sports committee) were present during this event to make it a grand success.

New York Regional Registration kickoff

Grand Sponsors from New York Region

The Silver Jubilee Convention kickoff

for registration was held at the St Peter’s

Syrian Orthodox Church, in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania on October 10, 2009. HE

Yeldho Mor Theethose, Archbishop and

Patriarchal Vicar of the Archdiocese, inau-

gurated the event. Many people from the

Northeast region attended the event.

Over 60 families registered for the 2010

Convention including Corepiscopos,

Priests, Council Members and Jubilee

Convention Executive members. Cheva-

lier James John made the first sponsor-

ship for the convention during the event.

The New York region registration kickoff was held at St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Syr-ian Orthodox Church on October 24th Saturday,2009 during the Corepiscopo elevation ceremony of V. Rev. Fr. Issac Paily Corepiscopos. Several members of various churches within the region has registered at this occasion. Archbishop Yeldho Mor Theethose officially inaugu-rated the kickoff ceremony by accepting sponsorship from Dr. Sunny Thomas of St. George Church New City. Along with

Mr. Joby George (General Convenor) Mr. George Kattakuzhy (Registration), Mr. Sabu Skaria (Sports), Mr. Geemon George (Cultural), Mr. Biju Cherian (Publicity and Public Relations) and council mem-bers Mr. George Padiyedath, Mr. Sunny Paulose coordinated the event to a grant success. Diocesan Secretary Rev.Dr. Varghese Manikatt, Treasurer Mr. Abra-ham Mathew, venerable corepiscopos , clergy and deacons attended this colorful ceremony.

Archdiocesan level registration kickoff - Philadelphia

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Picture: Archbishop receiving sponsorship from Dr. Sunny Thomas

http://www.malankaraconvention.org - A new website dedicated solely to cater the needs of the Silver Jubilee

Convention. We will strive to publish timely information about what is happening; news from various committees; upcoming

events of interest; programs etc. You will be able to sign up for various cultural events, sports events etc. online. After the Silver

Jubilee, this website will continue to be the Archdiocese's website for the future Family Conferences. We hope that having a web-

site focused towards our conventions will help streamline our communications. Please contact the webmas-

ter jacob@malankaraconvention.org for more information about the website or with news of interest for publication.

The Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America is a non-profit religious organization in the

United States, incorporated in the State of New York. The Archdiocese is under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of His Holiness the

Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox

Church. This Archdiocese comprises of the parishes all over the United States and Canada for the people predominantly from

India who follow the Syriac tradition. The Church uses the Syriac language, a dialect of Aramaic spoken by Lord Jesus, as the

Liturgical language along with English & Malayalam, a vernacular language of South India.

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Published by Biju Cherian, Coordinator, on behalf of Publicity and Public Relations Committee, MASOC -NA.

Address: Dayro d-Mor Ephrem, Malankara Archdiocesan Headquarters, 10 Stonehurst Court Pomona, New York 10970, USA,

Chief Editor: Saju Skaria; Phone: (623) 266 7800; Email: SajuSkaria@gmail.com

Convention Website

Our Heritage

Press Conference at New Jersey Convention Center

A press conference was held on Sat-

urday, December 5th, 2009 at Double

Tree Hotel at 1:00pm. The venue of the

press conference was selected so that it

was just next to the New Jersey Conven-

tion center where the Silver Jubilee Con-

vention will be held in July 2010. The

press conference was attended by

Archbishop Yeldho Mor Theethose, Re-

spected Priests, Diocesan Council Mem-

bers, Jubilee Convention Chief Execu-

tives Mr. Joby George, Mr. George

Korath, Jubilee Convention Coordina-

tors and Committee Members. Media

covering all forms of news such as elec-

tronic, newspapers, TV, Internet and

others were invited to the news confer-

ence under the umbrella of the Indian

Press Club of North America, NY chap-

ter. Archbishop with Jubilee Convention Leadership Team