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Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church United Kingdom
Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church UK, diaspora community of Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in Kerala, India. Church in Kerala is part of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches. First established in Antioch in the 5th century under the throne of St Peter.
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“This is the Apostolic faith, the Orthodox faith, and the faith of the Fathers. Having this wonderful treasure, let us preserve it, let us keep it and let us also use it in such a way that this treasure becomes the victory of Christ in us and in His Church.”
St. Severus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Spiritual Organisations
Sunday School, Student Movement, Youth Association and Martha Mariam Vanitha Samajam are some of the existing spiritual groups of the MSOC UK council. These spiritual associations cover wide range of age groups; they assists, organise and provide variety of activities for all parishes. Each association has it’s own team of committee they elect internally, headed by the Patriarchal Vicar, along with a Vice President elected from the MSOC-UK council. Term duration for all the positions are fixed two years.
Acolyte and prayer fellowship are two new spiritual organisations that has been established under the leadership of H.G. Mathews Mor Anthimos recently. The details are to be updated.
Malankara Jacobite Syrian Sunday School Association
MJSSA UK is a spiritual organisation of Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church UK which brings together the Sunday School students of all parishes of MSOC UK. MJSSA UK aims to teach the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the holy Bible, the holy Sacraments, and the tradition of the Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church. MJSSA UK puts together an appropriate curriculum/syllabus and provides Sunday School textbooks for the UK Sunday Schools.
Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Student Movement
The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Student Movement (JSOSM) is a youth group based in the United Kingdom for youth between the ages of 12 and 23 years .It is set up under the holy apostolic see of Antioch and all the East. The president is the patriarchal vicar of the UK. In bringing together students of our church under this umbrella, the movement aims to foster and build relationships between each other in a christian environment. It seeks to give direction and enable the development of personal skills, attitudes and aspirations. Annual events provide a sense of communal be- longing and the recognition of our cultural heritage.
Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Youth Association
The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Youth Association, UK (JSOYA UK) is a Spiritual Organisation for the youth wing of the MSOC UK. Young people are so close to the heart of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to Solomon’s Proverbs, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding”. As we are all aware, to ensure that our Jacobite Syrian Orthodox faith, traditions, liturgy, and theology is upheld through the coming generation, primarily when situated in modern western societies, we have to put in tremendous efforts to understand and get to know the issues facing the youth today.
Martha Mariam Vanitha Samajam
The centralised Marth Mariam Vanitha Samajam (MMVS) in the UK diocese is commenced in the year 2021 under the spiritual guidance of the Diocese Metropolitan HG Dr Mathews Mor Anthimos. MMVS is the womens’s wing and It is one of the prominent spiritual organisation of the holy congregation in uk Dioceses.
IN GOD
WE TRUST
H.G. Issac Mor Osthatheos
Message from our Patriarchal Vicar