Dear All,



At last every one could see the TRUE verdict of SC in paper!!!!

Thank God, at least the "SERMONS of VICTORY" from IOC's Job(less? -

as per a prominent personality's observation in this forum)Thirumeni

and the "authoritative EXPLANATORY NOTE" from the defected Metran, who is famous

for his SC Judgement explanations in 1995 at Manarcad, will come to an end!!!!



What Adv. PJ Philip wrote earlier is absolutely correct, when we go through the

verdict in full.  The defected metran's 'explanations' were only his 'dreams' or

the 'survial gymnastics' he is continuously doing in IOC camp!!!  The 'police

protection case' appeal is DISMISSED, as clearly stated in the SC verdict, but

Job Thirumeni & defected metran were propogating that 'they didn't pressed for

it', meaning if they have insisted for it they could have got that sanctioned

without any problem!!!! Other prayers from them were also DISMISSED and/or

REJECTED, and yet they claim victory!!! All poor IOCeans were overjoyed by

seeing the 'survival gymnastic' explantions of defected metran, because they

thought what he is saying is completely TRUE, with their innocent belief that

their "Metran vesham" will not lie to his flocks!!! However, now everybody can

see that the 'day-dreamer's dream' is shattered and we will see another

'trappees act' from him within a short time. We can wait for it.



Unconfirmed reports indicates that the defected metran is making 'para' for some

of their 'Association Secretray candidates', who are favourable to his new 'HB'

boss, with the help of his 'Almaya vadi' coterie, who in turn themselves think

that they are the "King makers" in IOC!!



May God save that 'Association Church' from the clutches of this

opportunist Metrans.



Varkey Titus

Member Id # 1024

Dear Robin,



It is always a pleasure to read your mails. I could very well feel

the fire of faith in you.I have many friends and co-workers who are

IOC members. Some of my relatives(mother's side) are members of IOC

churches. Majority of them have the same opinion that you have.



why CAN'T WE UNITE?



This question seems to be very Christian, polite and hailed by

everyone, including non-Christians. Interestingly enough, all of the

IOC his-storians are also asking this. The official wing of IOC never talks

about unity, but talks about `unconditional submission' from the Jacobite side.

In other words, IOC's vision is unity without compromise or unity for wealth. Do

you think that such a unity will last?



The question is :Will it make any sense for another unity move? My

opinion is that the unity talk by the IOC is a trap for the

Jacobites. IOC brains very well know that they can't win the whole

Jacobite Church through court cases. As Moolelachan rightly observed, if IOC won

the recent case, then there should not be any room for further court cases. But

the truth is that the hypocrite leaders of IOC will talk unity and move case

after cases from lower court to the supreme court.



Robin, we have experienced the unity earlier. You know what

happened later, right? Do you want the same to repeated? We all know

that it will be a beautiful thing if the two churches were united. It will be

most beautiful, if all the Christian churches in the world unite. Unfortunately,

the possibility is very minimal. Did you ever heard these words:

"ERANGIPPOKINEDA EEBHYANMAARE"? If not, this was the words from the Methran

Kashi's to the Bava Kashis just before the split. WE JACOBITES DON'T WANT TO

HEAR THIS AGAIN. We are not slaves of few Kottayam Achayans and crazy IOC

bishops. We believe and follow what our fore-fathers taught us. We have enough

will power and courage to protect our homes and churches. Our churches were not

built on the LATEX or BLADE or PAINKILI SAHITYAM money from Kottayam.



I still remember the PIDIYARI that my mother saved and gave to our

church. I have heard the stories of hardship and pain that my grandfather and

others suffered to construct our church. And that church is OURS, and OURS ONLY.

We don't allow any IOC methran/catholicos to take control of our churches.



Robin, why can't we think like this? Look at the Roman Catholic Church. Their

supreme head is the Pope, and they have many rites(reeths). Why can't we accept

the same style of having one Patriarch as the supreme head and two rites in

India-The Jacobites and IOC? If IOC people are serious about the unity, they

should think about this style. Thus we have the IOC Reeth accepting H.H.

Patriarch as their constitutional head and functioning pretty much as an

independent church. On the other side we have the Jacobite Church, functioning

under H.H. Patriarch (the supreme head) and catholicos (local head). Otherwise

we can gracefully become two churches and still praise the God as loving

brothers. ONNICHU NINNU PORADICHU PAATHAALATHIL POKUNNATHINEKKAL ETHRAYO

NALLATHANU RANDAYI NINNU SWARGATHIL POKUNNATHU?



Regards,



Saju Paulose

New York

ID#2341



--- In SOCM-FORUM@yahoogroups.com, Robin J. Mani wrote:

>

> Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

>

> I wanted to say a few words about the factional dispute. I am aware

> the JSOC supports an idea of dividing the Malankara Churches, as it

> already to some degree two separate Churches. The IOC wants total

> submission of the JSOC as the peace terms, of which totally reject.

> I still believe our church can unite as one again, but only with

> compromise. I feel the 1934 constitution in no way represents the

> ideas of the entire Malankara church (both factions) members. The

> whole constitution was formulated by people who opposed the

CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN!



"For by His own power He is united wholly with each and all, and orders all

things without stint, so that no one could have called it out of place for Him

to speak, and make known Himself and His Father, by means of sun, if  He so

willed, or moon, or heaven, or earth, or waters, or fire; inasmuch as He holds

in one and all things at once, and is in fact not only in all, but also in the

part in question, and there invisibly manifests Himself. In like manner, it

cannot be absurd if, ordering as He does the whole, and giving life to all

things, and having willed to make Himself known through men, He has used as His

instrument a human body to manifest the truth and knowledge of the Father. For

humanity, too, is an actual part of the whole."



St. Athanasius the Great.



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"Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of

trouble."  Psalms 40:1

Grace, Mercy and Peace of our Lord Jesus be with you and your loved ones!



"When you pray, I will answer you, when you call to me, I will respond" Isaiah

58:9



Assuring you our prayers

Vachanam Team

Mooron Consecration of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Kottayam



1. (dt.29th April 2007);

http://www.geocities.com/malankaravoice14/news_section.htm



2.  (dt. 1st May 2007):

http://www.geocities.com/malankaravoice14/20070501StJosphMath.htm



MALANKARA VOICE

http://www.geocities.com/malankaravoice13

http://www.geocities.com/malankaravoice13/news_section.htm

Greetings to All



Thanks to Mr. Thomas Chacko of ICON for your reply. Who is naughty

or cunning can be judged if you go back to my reply and read the

very next sentence of that post. Please explain and correct me the

context I used or interpretation I made, if it was a wrong context.

Then I will be more than happy to accept my mistake. A mere hue and

cry saying I am wrong and whatever you argue is right is not the way

to a discussion or debate goes. Bible is not just a story book but a

holy book where we can find answer to everything if you got the will

to correlate. I was even surprised by the resignation of George

Achen from the discussion promising his prayers.



Even if you like it or not for the division, it is happening and the

court judgments are slowly but steadily pointing in that direction

as seen from the recent judgment posted by Adv P J Philiph. If the

Supreme Court is saying as per para 2(i) – "The rights of the parish

churches was not determined by the supreme court in the 1995

decision. Thus, it cannot be …." – For God's sake don't say I am

using a wrong context. My only argument is the division is the BEST

solution and if both factions settle it amicably the earliest in a

Christian way it will be respected by all. If not -more street

fights, closing of churches.. etc will continue and you can be happy

that "we will settle only for the RIGHT solution".



Again I repeat that I am neither interested nor good enough to

discuss or question any actions of any of the holy fathers of either

side being followed and respected by many and hence please excuse me

from that. Finally let me share with you all one good moment I

personally heard from a group of faithful from US (St. Stephens

Orthodox Church – Houston, if I am not mistaken) who visited the

Holy land along with their vicar only a month ago. How warmly they

were received by the Bishop of Syrian Orthodox Church of St. Mark's

Monastery in Jerusalem. Even the Bishop had wholeheartedly allowed

them to conduct a Holy Qurbana, but was not carried out by the

narrow-mindedness of some in the visiting group. Does any of the one

who preach of the Unity of both factions has the courage to allow or

welcome some from the opposite faction. It was not long back the

Partriach by himself visited malankara and what was the reaction by

those who preach Unity. So please accept the fact that the Gap

between the factions is widening and there is no Love or Trust which

are the basic things required for any Unity. May God bless us all.



Your brother in Christ



Shinu Jesus Abraham

St. Mary's Church, Thrukothamangalam

Member ID # 2908

Christoppara Mission of Salem Voice Ministries Attacked



Karwar (India), SVM News , May 1, 2007: Christoppara Colony, a mission field of

the Salem Voice Ministries (login the following link for the details with

pictures: http://salemvoice.org/christoppara.html) attacked on 20th of April.



A group of young activists of Hindu RSS, Bajrangdal organisations from outside

village entered into the prayer shed by shouting slogans while women,  children

and aged men were holding a prayer service on Friday.



The attackers tied up the elder of the mission Anthony Dasa who was leading the

prayer meeting. And asked the believers to stop singing Christian songs and

Christian prayers.



Then they started taking class about Hinduism. They did not allow the believers

to go out from the shed, but kept stand surrounding them. They advised everyone

to join with them to wipe out Christianity.



But one of the woman who happenly came late for the prayer meeting seen this

incident and she informed everyone in the colonyand their work fields.

Immediately more than hundred men gathered together against the attackers. When

attackers saw the colony people coming with the weapons and stones, they left

taking Hinduism class and ran away from the Christoppara Colony and escaped.



Christoppara Colony is situated on a rock in a jungle at the border of two

states.  More than 350 people consisting of approximately 70 families live in

this colony. "Christoppara" means 'The Rock of Christ'. Previously it was having

some other name. The believers themselves changed the name as Christoppara.



People of the Christoppara mission are very poor. They earn daily for their

life. Usually they are jobless and without income for more than 15 days of a

month. Most are illiterate. The way of living is not hygenic. There is no

electricity, no telephone and not even to drink purified water. They drink from

a country well. Tin bottle lamps and lanterns with kerosine oil using as their

lamps.



There was not a single believer of Jesus Christ within 20 miles of the colony.

Salem Voice Ministries reached that interior remote area  about eight years ago.

They started Bible class as well as adult education. All of them were interested

and attended the classes.



They had no problem from the anti christians, because everybody turn to Christ

in that colony.



But recently RSS, Bajrangdal groups influenced two unemployed youth from the

Colony and by their support they entered the colony to wipe out Christioanity.



The governing board members of the Salem Voice Ministries immediately visited

Christoppara colony, conducted a continuous fasting and prayer service for the

entire colony.



Eight member team of the SVM governing board travelled 20 hours by train; then

six hours by bus; then four hours by a Bullack Cart; and after four miles by

walk to reach Christoppara colony. (SVM doesn't have a vehicle to travel as a

team. Please pray that our Lord may provide at least an eight seated vehicle for

Salem Voice Ministries to travel to the mission fields).



They did not even take a rest, but gave councilling to the families and

conducted three days fasting prayer. And again they took about 36 hours to reach

back to the SVM headquarters as they gone up to the mission.



By God's grace, the backslided youths repented before God and asked pardon to

the total community of the Christoppara mission and turned back to the Christian

spiritual services of the mission.



News at SVM site: http://salemvoice.org/news154.html



Salem Voice Ministries News Service,

Devalokam (P.O), Kottayam,

Kerala-686038, India.

http://salemvoice.org

Dear All



2007, May 01 - 15 edition of Malayalam fortnightly, VISWASA

SAMRAKSHAKAN, is now available online.



URL: http://www.viswasasamrakshakan.org/may01_2007.pdf



In the intercession of St. Athanasius Paulose (Valiya Thirumeni).



Editorial Board

VISWASA SAMRAKSHAN

Dear All,



Please visit the following link to get a bunch of books in US and Canada at a

very deep discount.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SOCM-FORUM/message/10208



This will be your last chance to avail this facility.



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http://moradaistudycenter.cjb.net

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http://www.syrianchurch.org/Books.htm

Happy 48th   Birthday to H.G.Mathews Mor Thevodosius Thirumeni.H.G.Mor

Thevodosius Metropolitan is the Auxiliary Bishop of Kollam Diocese.



May God Almighty give him long life and more strength to lead the Jacobite

Syrian Church.



http://www.syrianchurch.org/bio/MalankaraPrelates/bio_TheodosiusMathews.htm



Biju Kurian Mathews - New Jersey

St.George Jacobite Syrian Church Puthuppally

# 0173

This Framework Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "AGREEMENT")

executed at Kochi on this the 00st day of March Two Thousand and Six byand

between:



The Governor of Kerala, (hereinafter referred to as the "GoK", which

expression shall unless repugnant to the meaning or context thereof, be deemed

to mean and include its successors and nominees) acting through its Chief

Secretary, Government of Kerala Mr. Mohammed Riazuddin by virtue of ……of THE

FIRST PART;

AND

Infoparks Kerala, a society registered under The Travancore-Cochin

Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies (Registration) Act 1955, with the

objective of establishing Information Technology Parks in Kerala (hereinafter

referred to as the "Society", which expression shall unless repugnant to the

meaning or context thereof, be deemed to mean and include its successors and

assigns) and acting through Mr. K. G. Girish Babu, Chief Executive Officer,

consequent to full authority vested in him by its governing body for the

purpose, of THE SECOND PART;

AND

Dubai Technology & Media Free Zone Authority, a corporate entity

constituted under Law No. 1 of 2000 of the Emirates of Dubai as amended by its

Law No. 9 of 2003 hereinafter referred to as "TECOM", which expression shall

unless it is repugnant to the meaning or context thereof, be deemed to mean and

include its successors and permitted assigns, acting through its Director

General Mr. Ahmad Bin Byat by virtue of Article-6 of Law No.1 of 2000 of the

Emirates of Dubai of THE THIRD PART;

AND

Smart City (Kochi) Infrastructure Private Limited, a company

registered under the provisions of COSA (as defined hereinafter) with its

registered office at Kusumagiri, Kakkanad P.O, Ernakulam District Kerala State-

682 030. (hereinafter referred to as "SPV", which expression shall unless it is

repugnant to the meaning or the context thereof, be deemed to mean and include

its successors and assigns) acting through its Director Mr. Deepak Padmanabhan

by virtue of its board resolution …… dated ……..of THE FOURTH PART;



For more details, please visit this URL:

http://www.kerala.gov.in/smartcity.pdf

CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN!



"We must go over the Scriptures not in a chance way or carelessly, but with all

exactness, that we be not entangled. Since even now in this place one might with

how of reason question, how, when they had asserted, 'This man is not of God,

because he keepeth not the Sabbath,' they now say to the man, 'What sayest thou

of him, that he hath opened thine eyes?' and not, 'What sayest thou of him, that

he hath broken the Sabbath?' but put now that which was the ground of the

defense, not that of the accusation. What then have we to reply? That these (who

speak) are not the men who said, 'This man is not of God,' but those who

separated themselves from them, who also said, 'A man that is a sinner cannot do

such miracles.'"



St. John Chrysostom.



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"Do not let your hand be stretched out to receive and closed when it is time to

give."  Sirach 4:31

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,



I just wanted to know if there is any new information regarding the visit of Our

Holy Father, Patriarch Bava to the Family Conference in Dallas.



On a seperate message, I just wanted to thank Junas, Paul, and Saju and all

others for their kind words and taking the time to respond to my ideas of Peace

in the Malankara Church. I guess all we can do is pray that one day our Church

will return to its former glory by praying to God that people will understand

the true hertiage and history of the Syriac Church in India. It is only a few

extremetist that are prevnting peace. Like Saju had said the majority of people

from both factions want to be part of the Syriac Church and will die believing

faithfully the Holy Father as the Supreme Head of the Church.



Yours in Christ,

Robin J. Mani

2364

Dear Shemmashan,



Shlomo Amokh,



Since I am residing outside Kerala for over a dozen years, certainly I do not

know much about this mission's activities in the homeland and your information

is more authentic and correct. Thank you for updating me of these events. Being

a member of this forum I had gone through the previous postings regarding the

mission activities and was aware of last year's pamphlet distribution etc. When

brother Saji Varghese fom Indore, the Western Zonal Secretary of this mission

visited our City we had apprehensions and I did ask him of such activities

against the faith of the church. He only have given such a statement that the

person who was behind such activities is no longer with the mission and they are

very strict on such issues.



What is making me upset is the cold silence of our shepherds on this issue. Why

H.G Philaxinos is not quitting the patronship of such an organisation?. Why the

committe of three bishops is not publishing the fact findings?. Why our Bava

thirumeni who himself is a renowned gospel preacher and valiant defender of true

faith is not taking any action against the activites of this mission?. Why our

well known preists like Fr. Mathews Chalappuram and Fr.John Puthooran are still

holding key posts of this mission? Isn't it the duty of our moderatores to

forward these dialogues on this forum to the church leaders?.



Here in our city, the mission's director announced that the collections will go

for the activities in Punjab. We had a discussion on their mission centers in

Bihar. I strongly oppose their move to build centers where we have our churches

and conduct parallel VBS etc. rather they should concentrate on the field work

in different parts of the country.  One basic thing which we should understand

is that a major section of our clergy and leaders are not grown spiritually and

are not in favour of gospel preachings. The common lay man is thirsting for

spiritual words which they are not getting from the sunday holy mass only and

this where all the charisamtic teams and othre missions are cashing in.



Without proper guidance and classes of the learned, common laity cannot

understand the biblical verses or the foundations of our faith. I was a sunday

school teacher in my home parish and still teaches in my current parish here in

Baroda. I have the memories of wise speeches and classes of priests and malpans

from the last generation and it helps me while explaining our faith to the

younger generation. We need dedicated and spiritually grown clergy to lead the

faithful and if not we should pick up good laymen and train for this work and

they should be encouraged in the gospel mission in our parishes. Recently the

family units are running in almost all the parishes but the concerned people

should concentrate more on theological discussions and classes than regular tea

parties. We should admit that recently only we have started biblical courses for

the laymen but as every body knows field work is essential.



I sincerely pray that our seminarians will catch the right message and act

accordingly.



With prayers for our church

In his love,



Johnson

#2335



--- In SOCM-FORUM@yahoogroups.com, Rev. Dn. Dr. Paul Samuel wrote:

>

> Dear Johnson,

>

> Sorry to disagree with you regarding the information you have

given in our forum.

>

> The pamphlets were distributed here in my parish and I think I will

> opine more authoritatively on it.  The pamphlets were distributed

last year after the Passion week at the church which was countered

by my dear Malpono Dr. C. A. Ninan. This year during the passion

week the same pamphlet was sent by post to all members of the church

and other prominent personalities in Malankara including priests.

The name of the person and address was printed in the pamphlet which

was deleted as per my advice in the internet available version. I

know the person behind this and he is a member and still an active

person in St Pauls.He is very close to Mr. Mathai Valayil and is the

key organiser of St Pauls convention in Tvm. He along with other few

members of St Pauls mission didnt turn up for passion week this year

at our church in any of the days. When I enquired, I heard that St

Pauls conducted a parallel prayer meeting at a place outside the

church in Tvm on all days including Pesaha, Good Friday and Easter.

Dear Saji,



Read your views posted on SOCM.



As regards your question of "Aaradhana  Kramam" why do you think we don't have.

Just as how we possess the Malayalam of our Divine Liturgy if needed it can also

be made available in any language . If one feels to work as a missionary

obviously he can do it  with sincere will. And If one's faith is firm there is

no question of diverting his mind to protestant communities.



More over  do you think yourself that a malayalee should celebrate the Holy Mass

in traditional Malayalee costumes. If you go into the details of  the Holy

Liturgy it takes indepth  study to comment on.



Regards

Sunny M Jacob

==============================================================

From the desk of the Moderator:



Please sign your messages with member ID. If not having a member ID, please send

your details including contact number to

moderators(SOCM-FORUM-owner@yahoogroups.com) and obtain a member ID before

posting any more messages in SOCM. Thank you for your cooperation.

It is a shame that such a posting with the above-referenced title was released,

especially during the post-Resurrection days. Satan is definitely working

overtime.  We may all have disagreements and disputes, but our Lord has asked us

to "turn the other cheek" and he does not specify how many times to keep doing

this.  True Christians look to build up rather than tear down, despite the

intention or motive.  If the clergy cannot be good role models and use

respectful language, then the laity too will follow suit and all will be lost. 

Let us be respectful and tolerant even though situations dictate otherwise.  We

do not need additional wars of words, but rather unity in Christian love.



Pray for it and it will happen.



Praying for peace, reconcilation, and unity,



Dn George Mathew

St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary

South Canaan, PA

# 0967

05 May 2007

From New Scientist Print Edition.



Jeff Hecht



  YOU are surfing the net, and stop at a sports site you regularly

visit to read the latest headlines. You are always careful to avoid

sites that appear suspect, so you feel safe online. Unbeknownst to

you, though, and to the innocent owner of the website, a piece of

malicious code has been added to the page you are viewing. This

uploads software onto your computer via your browser, turning it into

a "zombie" PC under the remote control of a malicious user.

While installing firewalls and antivirus software on your computer

may keep it safe from conventional threats such as worms and viruses,

these security tools do not inspect data downloaded through browsers -

  a loophole that attackers can exploit. "The firewall is dead," says

Google security specialist Niels Provos.

As a result of this loophole, PCs are increasingly becoming infected

with "bot" software, creating networks of zombie computers, or

botnets. Bots are "the Swiss army knives of the underground economy",

because they are so versatile, says Nick Ianelli, an internet

security analyst at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania. Bots first establish a link to a remote "botmaster"

before probing your computer for email addresses and personal data,

and even logging your keystrokes. Most zombies are used to churn out

huge amounts of spam email, while some target business websites with

so-called "denial of service" attacks.

"Their versatility makes bots the Swiss army knives of the

underground economy"Botnets are not new, but the methods they use to

infect computers are changing. Until recently, a bot program tended

to arrive as an attachment with spam email, or carried by a computer

worm. As users have grown wary of email attachments and installed

firewalls and anti-virus software, however, the bad guys have shifted

their attentions to websites in a bid to find more victims. "We still

see a tremendous amount of bot propagation via email, but the web has

overtaken it in the past year," says Pat Peterson of security firm

Ironport in San Bruno, California.

The sleazy side of the web has long been a place where people have

been easily duped into downloading malicious programs for themselves.

Lured to a site by spam and then promised pirated software or

pornography, for example, visitors click on a link only to download a

bot.

Now, though, even an ordinary website can be risky. At a meeting on

botnets held last month in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Provos warned

that many web users are becoming the victims of "drive-by" downloads

of bots from innocent websites corrupted to exploit browser

vulnerabilities. As firewalls allow free passage to code or programs

downloaded through the browser, the bot is able to install itself on

the PC. Anti-virus software kicks in at this point, but some bots

avoid detection by immediately disabling it. Once a computer has

become infected with the malicious software, the zombie periodically

connects to a web server controlled by the botmaster to receive

instructions and download more software.

To determine the scale of the problem, Provos's group at Google

analysed several billion web pages and selected 4.5 million

suspicious pages for more detailed study. To test for malicious

software, or malware, they loaded a program designed to simulate a

computer with a vulnerable version of Internet Explorer and monitored

what happened. They found around 450,000 web pages that launched

drive-by downloads of malicious programs. Another 700,000 pages

launched downloads of suspicious software. More than two-thirds of

the malicious programs identified were those that infected computers

with bot software or programs that collected data on banking

transactions and emailed it to a temporary email account.

Ordinary users would not know that their computer had been hit by a

drive-by download unless their browser started crashing or they

suddenly started being hit with pop-up advertisements, Provos says.

Nor would website owners spot that their pages had been corrupted, as

such malware is typically hidden, for example, by adding code to the

JavaScript program used to create the site. The malware can also be

designed to hide from anyone trying to find it; Provos encountered

websites that checked the IP address of all visitors and only

installed malware on a user's first visit.

Botnets themselves are also evolving. Most existing bots are

vulnerable because they receive their instructions via an internet

relay chat (IRC) server, a simple communication system. This gives

security professionals a hope of disabling them by trapping one

zombie using a "honeypot" designed to mimic a vulnerable computer.

They can then identify the IRC address of the computer's botmaster

when it tries to communicate, says Julian Grizzard, a computer

scientist at Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland. Traffic to

the botmaster could then be blocked, effectively cutting off the

botnet's head.

Now, however, malicious users are beginning to explore peer-to-peer

botnets, modelled on file-sharing networks such as Gnutella, as they

are harder to disable. The first P2P bots appeared in 2004, and they

are now beginning to increase in sophistication, says Grizzard.

Botmasters distribute new bots programmed to establish contact with

one of a group of operating zombies. Once contact is made, the P2P

network relays information to the botmaster, who can link to the

network through any zombie.

In this way, even if security professionals trap a bot, they would

have no way of identifying the botmaster. However, Grizzard is not

without hope that even these advanced botnets could ultimately be

stopped. "The major disadvantage of P2P is that it is typically very

chatty," he says. This increased traffic could be detected from

outside the host machine and give away the existence of the botnet,

he says.

Until botnets can be stopped, though, users should try to lessen

their computer's chances of becoming infected as they surf the web by

keeping browsers updated with the latest software patches, says Cliff

Zou of the University of Central Florida in Orlando. This helps

browsers avoid vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malware.

Surfers should also take special care not to be duped by tricks such

as links embedded in spam emails or offers of free software, and pay

attention to warnings displayed alongside search engine links.

Ultimately what is needed is a new type of firewall that inspects the

content of programs downloaded through the browser, says Zou. This

should stop any nasties lurking in websites gaining a free pass to

infect your computer.



From issue 2602 of New Scientist magazine, 05 May 2007, page 28-29

Beat zombies at their own game

Botnets exploit the fact that many computers working together are far

better than a single machine at launching denial of service attacks

and sending spam. Now the good guys are fighting back with a system

that uses multiple online computers to fight rather than spread

malicious software.



Dubbed "herd computing", the application behaves like a benevolent

botnet. Like its malicious counterpart, herd PCs contain a program

that reports back to a central computer. But unlike the zombie PCs in

a botnet, whose reports are met by a command to launch spam or spread

a virus, members of the herd send back details on the health of their

computers, alongside a list of all the software they are running.



This can be used to monitor the effect of downloaded software on the

performance of the computer. This information can then be presented

to any computer in the herd that attempts to download the same code,

warning them in advance.



"It is a way of understanding computing as an act that is not done in

isolation," says Jonathan Zittrain, a researcher at Harvard Law

School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Oxford

Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford. "That is the

way botnets gained their power and it would be crazy for us not to

harness that power," he says.



The main use for herd computing will be in combating spyware. This

software causes unwanted pop-up advertisements, hogs processing

cycles and memory, and spies on a web-user's actions. It often

arrives bundled with something useful such as a screensaver or chat

application, which makes it difficult for existing anti-virus

software to remove it. "Viruses are mean, evil programs, but spyware

is a little weird," says Nathan Good, a spyware researcher at the

University of California at Berkeley. "In some cases it's consensual."



Herd computing could deal with this grey area by flagging the likely

consequences of a piece of software before it is downloaded, and then

leaving it up to the user to decide whether to install it.



All members of the herd would send in regular updates of their vital

signs, including the number of pop-ups they experience, the speed of

their processor and the number of crashes and restarts, alongside

details of the software they are running. The central computer would

collate this information to determine the effect of different pieces

of software on computers.



Then, when one of the computers in the herd tried to download

software, a message would appear informing the user of what happened

to other PCs that downloaded the same program. With this information,

users can decide whether or not to download it. "It's a way of

allowing people to make better choices," says Good. Zittrain likens

the concept to "giving the internet a nervous system".



Celeste Biever



Source: http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/mg19426026.000?

DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19426026.000



Sinu John

ID:076

Grace, Mercy and Peace of our Lord Jesus be with you and your loved ones!



"If your hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more then we

deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world" 1 Corin 15:19



Assuring you our prayers

Vachanam Team

Dear All,



Praise the LORD.



It is very interesting to bring to all my Fellow Jacobites an interesting

incident very recently happened in my life. It is not a story, a real life

situation, which I could witness last week. The narration is like a story, but a

real-life incident.



A boy from the Orthodox Church and a girl from Jacobite Church - met through

net, and both were very much closer through the electronic media, and finally

decided to tie the knot with their parents permission. Both their families were

informed of their wish, and got a gree signal orally to their respective wards.

Their parents never contacted each other. Finally the girls parents decided to

break the silence, and requested me also to be with them while they talk to the

boy's parents, and hence I got this chance to overheard their conversation.

After lots of pleasantries, the girl father told to the boys father for a

meeting at a mutually convenient time, and it was mutually agreed upon. And then

the respective mothers came into the line. Finally the boy's mother started

giving details about her parents, brothers, sisters,etc. During this time I

could hear that - one of her (boy's mother) sister is settled in H'bad, and her

husband is a Chor-Episcopa in our Church, emphasize given that Jacobite. Since I

know, it is not Jacobite, but only Orthodox, I requested the girl's mother

whether it is Jacobite or Orthodox. Then it was cleared that it is Orthodox, not

Jacobite.



Since then I wonder the propaganda and tall claim of the IOC hasn't reached to

the grass root. Still the poor layman proclaim themselves as JACOBITES, not as

Orthodox. Even after a hundred year's of their insisent ground work, the IOC did

not find success in eliminating the feeling of JACOBITE from the minds of the

poor Malankarites, who happened to be in their fold. They could only make a

smoke-screen of Orthodoxism of Indian Style just by claiming on paper that they

are INDIAN ORTHODOX an independent church, but indebted to the Jacobite Syrian

Church. Recently I have the opportunity to go through one of their Malankara

Sabhadeepam, wherein in they published the Mavelikara Padiyola, the original

document written in the Palliyogam held in Mavelikkara in early part of 19th

century, proclaiming that we are the followers of the Jacobite Syrian Church,

headquartered in Antioch, and reigned by the HH Patriarch. Barring a few

minority leaders in every Orthodox Church, still the layman uphold the rich

Jacobite Syrian heritage. In another article published in Almayavedi it was

written that one of their candidate who ran for the Church Secretary's position

garlanded HH Patriarch while HH was given a rousing welcom at Cochin recently,

and hence he is likely to be lost in the run. Why an IOC stalwart went to such

an extent to garland HH? What prompted him to do that? No explanation is

required for such behaviour of an innocent Syrian Christian. Just a membership

in an IO Church never ever prevent a faithful in giving respect to HH, the

Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Church.



What else we need? In the inner hearts of the Malankarites, the reverence for HH

Patriarch, the feeling of a Jacobite Christian are still alive. We may or may

not succeed in convincing the highest courts, but true faith still rule the

hearts of Malankarites. Let us all rejoice now with the feeling that the hearts

are ruled by the TRUTH AND GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT , not by MANMADE rules.



With prayers,

CJ Varughese

Member ID 1012

Dear All



In a free democratic secular country,each citizen has the freedom to practise

his own religion if he wants and choose a spiritual authority if he thinks

so,this constitutional freedom of citizen of India cannot be challenged by

anyone in kottayam.If he challenges ,ultimately he will fail.



When a group of Indian citizens at their free will decide to practise the faith

of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and choose HH.Patriarch of Antioch as their

spiritual head,some false prophets through coupe detat ,decides that all

jacobite citizens should accept him in Kottayam as head by force or free

will,will never work.The public will decide this in any civilization.In

spiritual world wise public looks only qualities like obedience to oath he has

taken, respect for Guru ,sacrificial mentality,clergy's relationship with Jesus

Christ/God in day to day activities,his day life and night life,his greed for

money,wise public observes all this qualities of spiritual man whether he is

christian or Hindu/Muslim.The wise public will believe in God first and Church

second irrespective of religion.In all this qualities Kottayam guys were big

failure.



A unity with them will spoil entire bishops,its better we send some bishops to

heaven rather than sending all to hell.



This is the main issue in church,the fictitious theory of St.Thomas Throne,

theory that foreigner is head of church,all are created by a gang of self

claimed bishops with unchristian thinking to grab power by  fooling their people

who do not know their own history or do not have unfortunately a good history of

themselves and dance to tune of unchristian bishops,believing in Church more

than God as Sir.Winston Churchill says.



These self declared bishops who want to grab by force all Jacobites and declare

that court is the only mediator is a shame to entire christians.



The reason they oppose partition of church is they are parasites they grew

drinking Jacobite blood,they acquired their properties and wealth by false cases

and cheating the jacobites,so a complete partition is unthinkable to them as

they are bothered about wealth generation in the name of unity rather than

Christ.



Peace with such guys are not possible as both salt water and fresh water cannot

flow through same lake.But it also the duty of Jacobites to see this bishops do

not consider Jacobites as weak community and take the church feud to streets to

shame of entire christians,burning public vehicles in trivandrum etc.Jacobites

should have upper hand and control these guys as its our duty to try to preserve

Christ's teaching as far as possible.



For this Jacobites should get rid of traitors among them and take bold step of

boycotting Manorama entirely in masses,make Manorama write about the dirty ways

of their own bishops,manorama will obey if Jacobites want because even now main

subcribers of Manorama are Jacobites,if any church feud cross the limit,bringing

shame to jacobites,other christians,Indian public,Jacobite should immediately

blow Manorama and control the situation.Jacobites can control the law and order

for benefit of law abiding indian public if methrankashi resort to cheap

pollitical street war by open boycott of Manorama and they Jacobite bishops

should do it ,if once again Methrankashi brings inconvenience to Indian public

in any way.



Jacobites have won 65yrs of Portuguese persecution,Tipu's attack,British

Subversion , all in India but was taking a lenient approach to Methrankashi self

declared bishops as they were from our family,but should not show any more

concession.



Under no circumstances Jacobite-Methran feud should cross limit and end up in

street fight bring inconvenience to indian Public and shame to Christ.Jacobite

bishops should have an emergency plan with them to control situation,any time if

methrankashi resort to Violence,cos this will bring shame to Jacobites also.



Also Jacobites should reiterate that cases like this forseen by Christ centuries

before is shame to Christ ,christians and church offering cannot be given to

lawyers for court cases as it is contrarty to Christ's teaching.Jacobites must

form massive anti-case campaign to make Indian public understand in simple what

is this case about and what simple and practical solution we provide,so that

ignorant indian public see who is right and wrong and may not blame us and

Christ.



Indian Judicial theory is even if 1000 people are convicted guilty,there should

not be 1 innocent among them,methrankashi was exploiting Indian laws

,methrankashi themselves know that case will never end and they will not win but

they cannot withdraw case as they fear their own public whom they have misfed

information.In history this is how people grab power,as it said plots are

necessary to raise kingdoms,same theory they apply to make their kingdom from

Jacobite Kingdom,that the easy way rather than create a new church,which they

can never ever achieve.



Bibu Philip Matthew;

Vayaliparambil  Pynadath

# 0074

All India Christian Council



For Immediate Release



National-Level Fact Finding Team Visits Jaipur to Investigate

Televised Attack on Christian Ministry



Fact Finding Team fears that Gujarat like situation might prevail in

the BJP rule State of Rajasthan



New Delhi, May 4, 2007 (All India Christian Council)



A National Level Fact Finding Team of several human rights organizations visited

Pastor Walter Massey yesterday. An assault on Massey by 20-25 VHP activists was

recorded by TV cameras on 29 April 2007 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and broadcast

around India. The Fact Finding Team, organized by the All India Christian

Council (aicc) and Satbhav Morch (Brotherhood Front) Jaipur, appealed to the

Rajasthan Government to bring swift justice to the culprits and ensure the

safety and protection of Christian minorities.



The Fact Finding Team consisted of: Dr. John Dayal, Member of National

Integration Council, General Secretary of the All India Christian Council and

President of the All India Catholic Union; Dr. Abraham Mathai, Vice Chairman of

Maharashtra Minority Commission and Genera Secretary of Maharashtra aicc; Ms.

Teesta Setelvad, General Secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace; Ms. Kavita

Srivastava, General Secretary of the Rajasthan PUCL; Rev. Madhu Chandra,

Regional Secretary of aicc; Sister Mary Scaria, Supreme Court lawyer; Mrs.

Tehmina Arora, General Secretary of the Christian Legal Association (CLA);

Lanshinglui Rongmei, Joint Secretary of CLA; Manoj George of CLA. Also, Sawai

Singh of the Sadbhavana Manch and Engineer Mohammed Saleem of the

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind met Pastor Walter Massey and his family.



The five people arrested so far have appeared before Jaipur District Magistrate

on April 4 and their plea for bail was rejected. The Fact Finding Team witnessed

the reaction of pro-Sangh Parivar advocates to police and judges in the hearing.



Ms. Setelvad said, "If the Hindutva forces do on the street in the same manner

they acted in the court, that is great concern for the legal system in the

state."



The Fact Finding Team met Superintendent of Police Mr. Anil Panilwal and

collected the latest information on the case. The First Information Report

registered against the culprits was weak initially, but sections 153A, 153B, 295

and 505 of the Indian Panel Code were added after pressure from public and human

rights groups.



Director General of Police Mr. A. S. Gill admitted to the Fact Finding Team that

there are reports of attacks on Christians in the state. He assured the team

that steps have been taken to arrest all the culprits behind the attack.



At a press conference co-sponsored by the All India Christian Council and the

Brotherhood Front of Rajasthan at Jaipur, Ms. Setelvad, Dr. Dayal, Dr. Mathai

and Sister Scaria told the media that Pastor Walter Massey, his wife Joyce, and

9 year old daughter are going through suffering and trauma from the attack.



Dr. Dayal said, "The pattern of violence indicates a design, and the attacks on

Christians are never in the form of communal clashes because they are targeted

against a micro minority in the state. There is enough evidence available in

many places for the police to take suo motu action against the VHP, Bajrang Dal

and Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad but no action is taken."



While condemning the communal violence of Hindutva forces, Ms. Setelvad said,

"We are disappointed that the Chief Minister or any senior Minister did not

visit the victim's family nor condemn the attack."



Dr. Mathai said, "I condemn the Rajasthan Minority Commission for failing to

ensure safety and protection of Christians in the state.I believe Christian

members should be listed under the coverage of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities

Act, 1989 and 1995."



At a public meeting organized by Satbhav Morch, the group resolved along with

the All India Christian Council to take the following steps:



An ultimatum will be submitted to the BJP-ruled Rajasthan Government to arrest

all the accused culprits, including Mr. Virendra Singh Ravana and two others

whose identity has been clearly identified by police forces, at latest by

Sunday. If this doesn't happen a larger agitation will be launched with the

participation of all secular minded people and civil society groups.



The hate case in the beating of Pastor Massey must be followed up vigorously in

court and any conspiracy uncovered.



A "Save Rajasthan from the Rise of Fascism" rally will be launched in national

capital of Delhi in the near future.



Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje must condemn the incident and ensure the safety

of all sections of society including minority communities.



Medical examination of Pastor Walter Massey, his wife, and 9 year old daughter

must be provided to assess how they are suffering trauma

from the Sunday attack.



Compensation for the pastor and his family as victims of communal violence must

be given in same way that Gujarat, Kashmir, Punjab and Delhi has done.



A major pattern of anti-Christian violence in Rajasthan districts has been

admitted by the Government but no police action is being taken. Christian

members should be covered by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention

of Atrocities) Act 1989, Rules 1995.



There were over 80 cases of anti-Christian violence last year. More violence

could spring up once the Rajasthan Freedom of Religion Bill 2006 becomes law.

Therefore Satbhav Morch and the All India Christian Council appeal to the

Rajasthan Governor not sign the bill.



The All India Christian Council (www.aiccindia.org), birthed in 1998, exists to

protect and serve the Christian community, minorities, and the oppressed castes.

The aicc is a coalition of thousands of Indian denominations, organizations, and

lay leaders.



Released by

Sd/-

Mr. Madhu Chandra

Regional Secretary

All India Christian Council

9868184939

Reading: From the Gospel according to St. Luke 24: 13-35



Dear and Respected Brethren,



In today’s reading we study about our Lord’s appearance to the two Apostles who

went to Emmaus. Though the purpose of their trip to the place, which is about

threescore furlongs away from Jerusalem, is not given, a brief description about

their talk on their way to the destination is given in the Gospel. As mentioned

in verse 14, they talked together of all things which had happened. By the time

our Lord came near to them and walked with them. This makes us sure and certain

that our Lord will not leave us also alone. He will be with us always, whenever

and wherever we might move. His intention is to grant us comfort, peace and

happiness and nothing else. But unfortunately as their eyes were held from the

view, they could not notice who was walking with them. (Read St. John 20:14 and

21:4)



In verse 21 we read the testimony of the two disciples who traveled to Emmaus.

They say, “We trusted that he should have redeemed Israel.” We must search

ourselves in our minds to see what our trust about Lord Jesus is. Self-centered

individuals will definitely forget the truth that Lord Jesus is our Redeemer and

Savior. We could easily confess our faith in our Savior and Redeemer, when we

would pray the Trisagion. When we would recite ‘Holy art thou o God, Holy art

thou Almighty, Holy art thou immortal, we could say in mind that Lord you are my

Redeemer. Kindly have mercy upon me. We find a

similar type of question as the one asked by the disciples, in Acts of the

Apostles 1:6, where they ask “Lord will thou at this time restore again the

kingdom to Israel.” From this question we can learn three things.



1) They had staunch faith that Lord God initially installed the Kingdom of

Israel.

2) Lord Jesus had the right to re-install the kingdom of Israel.

3) They had  thorough knowledge of the prophecies in Isaiah 1:26, Daniel 7:27

and Amos 9: 11.



In verse 27 we hear about our Lord’s explanations about the prophecies about Him

by Moses in Genesis 3:15, 22:18, 26:4, 49:10, Numbers 21:9 and Deuteronomy 18:

15 and by many others in Psalms 16:9, Psalms 22, Psalms 132:11, Isaiah 7:14,

9:6, 40:10, 50:6, 53, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:14, Ezekiel 34:23, 37:25, Daniel 9:24,

Micah 7:20, Malachi 3:1, and Malachi 4:2.



Let us meditate on verse 30. “And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,

he took bread, and blessed it, and broke and gave them.”  It was the celebration

of the Holy Eucharist. See the next sentence of today’s reading. “And their eyes

were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight”. St. Luke is

telling us that as soon as the disciples accepted the Holy Eucharist, their eyes

were opened. And they realized who he was. Since long we are partaking the Holy

Eucharist. Were we able to identify our Lord so far? Are we still able to

ascertain Lord Jesus as our Savior? Why our eyes are still closed or why we

cannot see our Lord Jesus as the disciples

saw Him? We all know the answers. We are sure about it. But still the pride of

our minds does not allow us to look for the remedy. During the Holy Eucharist,

we listen to the exhortation of the celebrant “Now our minds and thoughts must

be on the right hand side of God the Father, where our Lord Jesus is seated”

(…ee Samayathu nammude Bhodhangalum vichaarangalum Pithaavaam daivathinte

valathu Bhagathu Missiha Thampuran irikkunna Mahonnathangalil aayirikkanam”, we

all utter the prescribed reply to it. And ignore what we spoke immediately. If

we continue the same sort of spiritual exercise, our eyes would remain closed

forever. We cannot dream of seeing our Lord if we do not change the way in which

we handle the spiritual matters.



In verse 33 we read that those two disciples rushed back to Jerusalem and they

went to the Apostles. If we were in their place, how we would have responded. It

is needless to say that we would have convened a press conference and the secret

would have been disclosed as our own achievement. There were some other faithful

also with the eleven Apostles. They said, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has

appeared to Simon”.  They were exchanging the happy news with the less fortunate

to witness the audience of the Lord. As long as we celebrate Easter, it is our

duty to convey the message of Easter to the ones who seldom know it. We must

tell such people that our Lord is risen indeed.



In verse 47 we find our Lord authorizing the Apostles to convey the

exhortation for repentance and the message of the remission of sins among all

nations. God Almighty allowed our forefathers as well as us to remain as a

Church in India from the very first days of Christianity. Now let us make sure

ourselves, how much we were active in obeying our Lord’s instructions and

orders. Let our Church grant prime importance to obey our Lord and to convey the

news of remission of sins.



May God bless us all and make use of us for His wise plans and schemes.



Jose Kurian Puliyeril

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Greetings in HIS name



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with Your salvation."  Psalms 106:4

Independent Jurisdiction for Mor Devannasios Geevarghese



His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the supreme head of the Universal

Syriac Orthodox Church has given independent jurisdiction to H.E Mor Devannasios

Geevarghese over Simhasana Churches in Kottayam and its environs through the

Patriarchal Bull No.E150/07 dated April 21, 2007. His Eminence Mor Devannasios

shall be known as the ‘Simhasana Metropolitan of Kottayam & Environs’ and shall

hold charge of following Simhasana Churches / Institutions in addition to the

St. Elias III Dayro, Pampady, and its St. George Simhasana Church. His Eminence

shall also continue to serve as the Assistant Metropolitan of the Mor Ignatios

Dayro, Manjinikkara.



H. E Mor Devannasios Geevarghese will be relieved from his duties as the

‘Assistant Metropolitan’ of all Simhasana Churches and Institutions in India.



His Eminence Mor Julius Kuriakose shall continue to be known as the

‘Metropolitan of the Simhasana Churches & Institutions in India’ and administer

the Mor Ignatios Dayro, Manjinikkara, the St. Mary’s Syrian Simhasana Church,

Arthat, Kunnamkulam, and other Simhasana Churches and Institutions in India

which have not been expressly assigned to any other Prelate.



His Eminence Mor Dioscoros Kuriakose shall be known as the ‘Simhasana

Metropolitan of Malecruz & Environs’ and shall continue to administer the

Malekurishu Dayro and other Simhasana Churches / Institutions already under H.E

as described in the Patriarchal Bull No.E226/04 dated September 11, 2004.



All the aforesaid changes shall come into effect from June 1, 2007.



List of Churches assigned to Mor Devannasios Geevarghese:



01. St. Elias III Dayro & St. George Simhasana Church, Pampady P. O.,  Kottayam

District –686 502, Kerala, India



02. St. Ignatius Simhasana Cathedral, Puthenangadi, Kottayam – 686 001, Kerala,

India



03. St. Mary’s Simhasana Church, Pampady P. O., Kottayam District, Kerala, India



04. Mor Yuhanon M’rahmono Dayro & St. Ignatius Syrian Simhasana Church,

Kanjirappara P. O., Kottayam District-686 555, Kerala, India



05. St. Mary’s Bethlehem Patriarchal Church, Thrikothamangalam P. O., Kottayam

District -686 001, Kerala, India



06. St. Mary’s Syrian Simhasana Church, Kallunkathra, Pulikuttissery P. O.,

Kottayam District, Kerala, India



07. St. Mary’s Simhasana Church, Nedumkkandam P. O., Idukki District - 685 553,

Kerala, India



08. St. George Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, Zilla Court Ward, Alappuzha,

Kerala, India



09. St. George Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, Thiruvalla – 689 101,

Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India



10. St. Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, Ranni, Pathanamthitta District,

Kerala, India



11. St. Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, Vadakkumpuram, Kumbazha,

Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India



12. St. Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, Vempala, Thiruvalla,

Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India



13. St. Mary’s Simhasana Church, Payyanamon, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala,

India



14. St. Elias Syrian Orthodox Simhasana Church, St. Elias Valley, Manjinikkara,

Oonnukal P. O., Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India



15. St. George Simhasana Church, Thumpamon, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala,

India



16. St. Peter’s Syrian Simhasana Church, Arampunna, Punalur – 691 305, Kollam

District, Kerala, India



SOCM News Bureau - Manjinikkara

Dear All,



A doctor in an IOC forum was crying that the people in IOC is not getting enough

enlightenment annointment of the Holy Spirit, and he was trying to emphasise

that there are occasions in "their liturgy" that provoke the Holy Spirit to

enlighten the people who attend it. With great sorrow he proclaimed that the

IOC-ians believe that only with a charismatic type of prayer they may get the

intervention of the Holy Spirit, and the people are moving/attracted towards

charismatics movements..



I think for the last 5 or 6 decades, the IOC clergy were concentrating more on

educating their people with wrong dogmas and history, and sidelined the

beautiful liturgy with a sole aim of promoting the Catholicate. The beautiful

hymns that raise the faithfuls mind to the highest, and the ordinary human can

become part of scores of angels that praise the LORD, were abandoned or

sidelined. The constant electoral processes for making somebody a metropolitan,

elevating another to the post of Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan through

ballots etc. diverted the attention of the ordinary people, and all these

activities prevented the Holy Spirit's intervention in the Church affairs, and

thus made the church affairs fully worldly. Of course all these left the people

to believe in corporate style of running the Holy Church, and they felt it very

much that by alienating from the Mother Church made their congregations into a

corporate culture. They realized that by making  highest domes and beautiful

buildings will not allow the intervention of Holy Spirit in the running of the

Churches, nor by suffixing and affixing with decorative titles will not make

their Catholicose Holy, and these lead the masses to believe that their thirst

for anointment of the Holy Spirit is not available with the so called church.

Majority are loosing their heart, and had become either silent, or to look for

some other means of solace.



I now feel that as part of the Indianization of their Church, their theologians

should look for other means. As a resident of North India for the last 3

decades, I noticed that the people here chant in way-side temples "Jai Siyaram,

Jai Siyaram" with devotion, and high voice with the help of drums and bells. I

saw people who attended these got too spirited in this activity. The

autocelaphour IOC should think of discarding the holy hymns of liturgy and in

place they should adopt chanting "JAI, JAI CATHOLICOSE" and hope this will boost

their followers too much spirited like the people in North India, and thereby

they can satisfy the egoist claim of the Catholicate. Like in Hinduism they do

not need any prayers, only chanting of this slogan in high pitch. I hope the IOC

theologians should look into adopting this method of POOJA, and satisfy

themselves with a new INDIANIZED culture immediately.



Regards,



CJ Varughese

Member ID 1012

Abin



this is unfortunate.  I had cousin who worked there and he too felt

the need for the church.  But if 2 or three people work for a church

it will happen.



regards



Paul Reji

# 0901



--- In SOCM-FORUM@yahoogroups.com, Abin wrote:

>

> My Beloved Jacobite church members,

>

> Recently I contacted one person from Vvishakapattanam(visag), he

told me that there are no churches for our Jacobites and a good

number of our Jacobites are there now going to others churches and

their children are attending classes in these places.

>

Grace, Mercy and Peace of our Lord Jesus be with you and your loved ones!



"Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a

complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the LORD

has forgiven you." Colossians 3:13



Assuring you our prayers

Vachanam Team

Dear Maikel Mike



It might be possible to give the ability to see by offering an eye to a blind.

Whereas is it impossible if the person is acting blind?



Same is the case in situations which you described. How could you say you are

living? You have the capability to breath.



Do you see oxygen while breath? If not, how do you say you are breathing?

Because you are experiencing.



So is it possible to define if you cannot experience breathing?



Same is the case with the God. You won't feel him until unless you

experience him. So my brother, the best possible answer to atheists

is, ask them to experience that God by believing, then decide.



In prayers



Sajy Thannikottu, Kathmandu

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--- In SOCM-FORUM@yahoogroups.com, Maikel Mike wrote:

>

> To Editor Shroro

>

> Barchmor

>

> I am a 17 year old Syriac boy living in Sweden. I`ve met a lot of

> atheist people in recent times who claims of course that there is no

> God, they are rely denying God our Saviour and father. I am

> therefore writing for you because ì`ve read a lot of articles, and

> Bible studies on your sites, and I am very grateful that God have

> let us children be able to learn more about our faith on internet.

>

One website I have found valuable is http://www.reasons.org . This is a

"non-denominational" site with many apologetic resources from a "scientific"

point of view. Very interesting, well thought responses.



Sincerely,

Dn. Zach

0903



--- In SOCM-FORUM@yahoogroups.com, Maikel Mike wrote:

>

> To Editor Shroro

>

> Barchmor

>

> I am a 17 year old Syriac boy living in Sweden. I`ve met a lot of

> atheist people in recent times who claims of course that there is no

> God, they are rely denying God our Saviour and father. I am

> therefore writing for you because ì`ve read a lot of articles, and

> Bible studies on your sites, and I am very grateful that God have

> let us children be able to learn more about our faith on internet.

>