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October 2008
Dearly Beloved in Christ, Onam is a national festival. Now it is celebrated all over the countries wherever the malayalees live. All celebrations end up in a dinner. It is good. It is a time of fellowship. Is the main intention of celebration is food, there is no meaning in celebrating it. Onam is the remembrance of King Mahabali who was well known for his humility and righteousness. It is said in Malayalam “Maaveli Naadu Vaanidum Kaalam Maanusharellarum Onnupole”. That is what the Psalmist says How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony. Onam is not the festival of “Sadhya” (eating) it is the festival of the remembrance of an harmonious life. As one more Onam festival is celebrated, let atleast God’s people live together in harmony. Absence of love takes away the harmony. “Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.” (Pro.10.12) Paul says in I.Cor: Love keeps no record of wrongs. Apostle John says: God is love; if we love one another God lives in us. We are living in a world of atrocities and disasters. Because of God’s Grace only we live today. May the love and grace of God be manifested in us so that the world may see God in us. “Not by might, but by His Grace.” May the almighty Lord be with us. Yours in His service, Babu Achen
Rev. P. E. Mathew
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Achen and family had been in the Karnataka Missions Field (Hoskote, Mundugod, Sirsi Sankeshwar, Kunta) for several years and then served in Kerala. The last parish they ministered at was in the Sultan Bathery and Nilambur area.
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Vicars of the Past
Quarter Century |
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Rev. Oommen Koruthu |
(Student
Achen later elevated as |
May 1975 — Aug. 1975 |
Rev. K. S. Mathew |
(Student Achen) |
Sept. 1975 – Sept. 1977 |
Rev. Thomas P. George |
(Student Achen) |
Sept. 1977 – Aug. 1979 |
(Late) Rev. M. V. Benjamin |
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Sept. 1979 – May 1981 |
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(Late)
Rev. M. V. Benjamin |
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Oct. 1980 - Jan. 1981 |
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Vicar |
Jan. 1981 - May 1981 |
(Late) Rev. K. J. Philip |
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Oct. 1980 - Jan. 1981 |
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Associate Vicar |
Jan. 1981 - Aug. 1981 |
Rev. N. M. Cherian |
Vicar of
all Mar Thoma Congregations in
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May 1981 - June 1983 |
Rev. Dr. T. Jacob Thomas |
(Student Achen) |
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Assistant Vicar |
July 1981 - May 1983 |
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Vicar |
June 1983 - Mar. 1985 |
Rev. George Varghese |
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Mar. 1985 - April 1989 |
Rev. Johnson Varghese |
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June 1989 - May 1992 |
Rev. Dr. T. P. Abraham |
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June 1992 - May 1995 |
Rev. P. M. Thomas |
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May 1995 - April 1999 |
Rev. K. Y. Jacob |
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May 1999 - June 1999 |
Rev. Thomas P. Chandy |
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June 1999 – May 2002 |
Rev. Dr. K. A. Abraham |
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May 2002 - August 2004 |
Rev. Jojan Mathews John |
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May 2004 - April 2007 |
Rev. P. E. Mathew | May 2007 - Present |