Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala at Mar Thoma church headquarteres / Photo: Mathrubhumi News
Thiruvalla: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy visited Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church headquarters here on Thursday. The Congress leaders held talks with the church head Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan seeking support in the upcoming assembly polls.
On the other day, the two leaders had visited the Orthodox church headquarters.
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church is a crucial group in Pathanamthitta district. During the local body polls, the church had differences of opinion with the UDF. A dispute had broken out over the representation in district panchayat.
Chandy, Chennithala meet church leaders, Surendran hold talks with Sabarimala tantri
As the pre-election scene hots up in the State, leading political parties are now cosying up to religious and caste organisations in Central Travancore region with an eye on the vote bank.
When the BJP’s Vijay Yatra reached Chengannur in Alappuzha on Thursday, party State president K. Surendran reached out to the family of the Sabarimala tantri, which holds a special place among the Hindu upper castes in Central Kerala.
During the visit, Mr. Surendran held discussions with Kandararu Rajeevaru, the reigning tantri (chief priest) of the hill shrine and congratulated him for taking an upright stance during the Sabarimala protests.
Published on: Tuesday, March 02, 2021
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A sign welcoming Pope Francis hangs outside the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Thoma (St Thomas), in the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh (Baghdeda), in Nineveh province.
BAGHDAD: Pope Francis is to start the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday, an act of solidarity with an ancient but dwindling Christian community and a symbolic outreach to Muslims.
The trip comes as Iraq, ravaged by decades of conflict, faces a second deadly wave of coronavirus infections and renewed violence.
Persecution has already slashed the country’s Christian community – one of the world’s oldest – from 1.5 million in 2003 to just 400,000 today.
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Communist chief meets Christian leaders over feud in Indian state
Kerala government aims for a peaceful compromise to a dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions
A Mass in the Orthodox Syrian Church of Kerala. A factional fight continues between them and the rival Jacobite Church, forcing the state s communist chief minister to seek the suggestion of other Christian churches to end the century-old dispute. (Photo: Wikipedia)
Kerala s communist chief minister has sought suggestions from heads of Christian denominations to find peace among two warring factions of Christians in the southern Indian state.
Pinarayi Vijayan met Catholic, Protestant, Mar Thoma and Chaldean Church leaders to find a democratic settlement to the century-old dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions.