Kottayam ∙ Marthomman Heritage Sangam organized by Orthodox Church to commemorate Malankara Nasrani heritage and tradition today in Kottayam. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan will inaugurate the conference at Nagampadam Nehru Stadium at 4 pm. Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai will deliver the keynote address. His Holiness Basilios Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos Bava will preside. In addition to all the bishops of the church, the head of external church relations of Volokolamsk, Bishop Antony of Volokolamsk, the secretary of the Moscow Tseikonospassky Monastery, Heiro Monk Stefan, and the representative of the Ethiopian Church, Abba Melchidek Nurbegan Geda, are also participating in the heritage meeting.
Kottayam today is a sea of believers; Procession as proclamation
Believers will come from all the seats of the Orthodox Church for the meeting. Preparations have been made for the participation of one lakh people. Rest and other facilities have been provided for them in the MD seminary grounds. Only physically challenged people will reach the main stage directly to participate in the rally. Kottayam MD The faithful who arrive at the seminary will be lined up on a staggered basis in the grounds of Baselios College and in the yard of Mar Elia Cathedral. Believers will line up in the rally on the basis of Bhadrasana.
Thomas Chazhikadan MP will flag off the Marthomman heritage procession at MD Seminary ground at 3 pm. Musical ensembles and Nasrani art forms will be performed. The rally will take a turn from Central Junction via KK Road and enter Nehru Stadium via Shastri Road – Kuryan Uthup Road. The 300-member choir, which includes priests, priest students and lay people, is led by Fr. MP George Korepiscopa will lead the singing.
In the old seminary, the procession started from the grave of the Lord at Holy Vatasseri N.K. Premachandran MP inaugurates. Kottayam Bhadrasana Metropolitan Dr. Yohanon Mar Dioscorus and Dr. Geevarghese Mar Iulios are nearby.
Reception at temples for proclamation processions
Ahead of the conference, a procession and flag march reached the main venue, the Nehru Stadium, yesterday. The processions arrived at Kottayam Bhadrasana to receive reception at various temples. His Holiness Baselios Marthomma Mathews III handed over the flag of the proclamation procession which started at 11 am from the tomb of His Highness at the Holy Vatasser in the old seminary to Dr. Yohanon Mar Dioscorus, Metropolitan of Kottayam Bhadrasana. NK Premachandran MP inaugurated the Valambara Jatha. The procession reached St. George’s Orthodox Church, Pudupally and from there it reached the Nehru Stadium along with the flag-carrying procession. Saint Basilios Marthomma Mathews III Catholic Bawa hoisted the flag at the main venue, Nehru Stadium.
Parking Arrangement:
Large vehicles
∙ Large vehicles coming from the north should drop their passengers at Kottayam Baker Junction and park at Old Seminary. Those coming further should be dropped off at Nagampadam and parked at Nagampadam temple grounds and SH Mount School.
∙ The first vehicles coming from the south should take a U-turn from Kottayam-Manipuzha Junction and take the Eirailkadav bypass to drop off at Eirailkadav and park on the roadside. Those who come further should park on the road side of Kodimata Market.
∙ Vehicles coming from the East should park at Kanjikuzhi opposite the East Police Station. The following vehicles should drop the person near the Collectorate and pass near the police parade ground to reach Kanjikuzhi and park at Devalokam Mar Baselios Public School grounds.
∙ The following vehicles should drop the person in Kanjikuzhi.
Small vehicles
Parking should be done at Kottayam Kuryan Uthup Road at Indoor Stadium, Swargeeavidu Maidan, MT Seminary School and MD Seminary School Maidan.
2024-02-24 21:12:30
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