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St. Gregorio's Prayer Group

Saint Geevarghese Mar Gregorios or Parumala Thirumeni (15 June 1848 -2 November 1902) of Parumala was a bishop of the Orthodox church in India. He is the first canonized Oriental Orthodox saint from India. He is popularly known as Parumala Thirumeni (Bishop of Parumala) or Kochu Thirumeni. Thirumeni was as Geevarghese Ramban into the Chathuruthy family in Mulanthuruthy, Kerala. His parents, Kochu Mathai and Mariam, had three sons and two daughters. After the birth of the fifth child, Ipeora, Mariam died. Gregorios was educated by Geevarghese of Chathuruthy, Kochi, and was ordained as a deacon on 14 September 1858 at the age of ten by Palakkunnathu Mar Athanasius and was reordained in 1864 at Karingachira St.George jacobite syrian Cathedral Church. Malpan became seriously ill with smallpox and Gregorios was the only one who stayed and took care of him, while all others were sent home. On the eighth day, Malpan died and Gregorios became ill. During this time, he had a vision of St. Mary descending to console him and exhorting him to dedicate the rest of his life to the Lord. Very soon, the deacon recovered. At the age of 18 in 1865, he was ordained as a priest. Joseph Mor Dionysios raised him to the order of monks (Ramban) in 1872. The Patriarch of Antioch, supreme head of syrian orthodox church and all the east)Ignatius Peter IV, consecrated four metropolitans at Paravoor Jacobite Church, Kerala on 10 December 1876. The youngest among them was Geevarghese Ramban who was named Mor Gregorios. Because of his age everybody called him “Kochu Thirumeni” (Young Bishop). Mor Gregorios served as Secretary and translator of Ignatius Peter IV. Gregorios was appointed the bishop of Niranam, Kerala. He started a monastery at Parumala, Kerala. At Parumala Syrian Seminary he led an ascetic life. He woke up at four in the morning and prayed till 5am. He taught deacons till 7am followed by prayer and a light breakfast. From 9am till 11am he taught deacons again. From 11am to noon he took care of administrative matters and again went to pray at noon, followed by lunch. He rested till 1:30pm and taught till 4pm with a brief prayer in between. From 4pm to 5:30pm he was busy with his administrative duties. After evening prayers and supper, he taught the Bible to the deacons. After the compline, he would let the deacons go to bed at 9pm, but he would still be praying until midnight. On Wednesdays and Fridays and Lenten days, he would fast till evening besides observing his own special fasts. He said that “Prayer brings truth, religious faith, honesty and respect among the people.” When a smallpox epidemic (a near fatal disease at the time) struck Thumpamon and surrounding areas, he personally visited every home that had been affected, over protests from many loved ones, to pray for and comfort the sick regardless of their caste or creed. His faith and his actions garnered him a lot of support not only from within the Malankara Church but the entire Indian community. Thirumeni became sick when he returned from Veeyapuram Church after blessing a marriage. Even from the beginning of his illness he knew that he was in his last days. He died on 2 November 1902 at midnight aged 54. He was later proclaimed as a saint first by the Indian Orthodox Church and later by the Syrian Orthodox Church. His tomb and birth place are also centres of pilgrimage.

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SS001 MATHEWS OOMMEN
SS004 JAMES GEORGE
SS014 BINU VARUGHESE
SS025 MATHEW VARGHESE
SS029 GINU MUNDAPPALLIL JOY
SS039 SHAJI VARGHESE
SS044 BINEESH JOY
SS049 CHERIAN MATHEW KOSHY
SS059 MAMMEN ALUVILA GEORGE
SS060 PRINCE PAUL
SS063 RIJU OOMMAN
SS071 BINU KUNJUKUNJU
SS072 SUNIL JACOB
SS073 THOMAS VARGHESE
SS074 BIBU V KOSHY
SS088 BINU K MATHEW
SS096 ALEXKUTTY KOCHUKUNJU
SS099 ANU VARGHESE .T
SS106 JIBIN JOHN
SS113 SHABU N.P (Lijimol)
SS126 SAMUEL MATHEW
SS144 BIJU GEORGE
SS163 SAJU JACOB
SS166 SUJA REJI
SS170 JINEESH PHILIP
SS187 BINU P THOMAS
SS192 ROJI VARGHESE
SS193 SHONY JOHN
SS204 BINU SAMUEL
SS208 JOHN VARGHESE
SS244 BIBIN ISSAC
SS255 SHIBU RAJU
SS277 ELDHOSE K JOSE
SS286 JIJI SAMUEL
SS299 JERIN JOY
SS305 BIJIN P THOMAS
SS308 MINU VARGHESE
SS334 SOJU JOSEPH
SS346 ANOOP DANIEL
SS371 ALEX P OMMEN
SS376 ANEESH BABU
SS378 JINTU JOY
SS383 JINU JOSEPH
SS389 MONCY CHACKO
SS401 BIJO DANIEL
SS403 JOJI VARGHESE
SS409 PRINCE JOSHUA
SS416 ISAAC VARGHESE
SS428 NINAN VARGHESE
SS439 TONY CHACKO
SS441 SHINO PAULOSE
SS442 JOSEPH K V
SS447 MANOJ K THOMAS
SS452 SHYBU SHAJI
SS457 SIJU SIMON
SS458 SHIBU JOHNY
SS465 MIDHUN JACOB VARGHESE
SS481 SAJI VARGHESE
SS489 SAJAN OOMMEN
SS493 ANIL KOSHY
TSSQ810   DHANESH VARGHESE MATHEW
TSSQ827 RENJIN ROY
TSSQ851 JINS JOHN

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