I want to share a happy news with you. St. George Orthodox Church at Vattully, near Chelakkara in Thrissur district in our diocese was closed for worship due the factional dispute in our Church for the last 40 years. There were civil and criminal cases pending on the matter. We initiated dialogue with the Patriarch group and have come to a conclusion that they will take some money, will give up all claims on the Church and will agree to settle all pending cases. We gave them Rupees 1,250,000 and some fifty cents of land along with right to the cemetery as part of the agreement. We got the Church and its premise along with right to the cemetery. The agreement was brought to the civil authorities and they have handed over the Church to us. Of course it needs a lot of repair work, but God willing, we will have regular service commencing from next month. I visited the Church on Jan 8th 2015 with our vicar Rev. Fr. Baby Paul, trustees and few parishioner. The vicar and a couple of lay leaders from the Patriarch group came to the Church to greet us. We prayed together, cut a cake and shared it to mark the happy moment. That was a memorable moment for all of us as it was after 45 years a bishop was entering the Church. Yuhanon Mor Meletius Metropolitan, Thrissur
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:09:09 +0000
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