{"id":1092,"date":"2023-04-19T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/?page_id=1092"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:25:45","slug":"from-the-bishop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/about-2\/from-the-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1092\" class=\"elementor elementor-1092\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d7773c6 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d7773c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6df6b488\" data-id=\"6df6b488\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f4ad9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f4ad9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Diocesan Bishop<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6aae59 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a6aae59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Euyakim-Mar-Coorilos.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2006\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Euyakim-Mar-Coorilos.jpeg 331w, https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Euyakim-Mar-Coorilos-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Euyakim-Mar-Coorilos-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-292def9c\" data-id=\"292def9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4830b4eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4830b4eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rt. Rev. Dr. Euyakim Mar Coorilos<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-982116f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"982116f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Diocesan Bishop  (Chengannur \u2013 Mavelikkara Diocese)<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2da1eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2da1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Olivet Aramana<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Thittamel, Chengannur<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Kerala. India 689121<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Ph: 0479-2454747 \/ 2456667<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">Fax: 0479-2452727<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\">www.marthoma-cmdiocese.org<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf70919 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf70919\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6da1c79\" data-id=\"6da1c79\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d504f2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d504f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Dearly Beloved in Christ,<\/h5><p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a50d1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a50d1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is a joy to know about the ministry and witness of <strong>St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Puliyoor<\/strong>, and to see how the Christian faith received, nurtured, and faithfully lived by our forefathers is being meaningfully communicated to and embraced by the younger generation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7d1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af7d1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our rich spiritual heritage is not merely something to be preserved; it is a living faith that must continually find new expressions in the changing context of our times. As a faith community, we are called to engage meaningfully and qualitatively with society, bearing witness to the love, justice, compassion, and hope of Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b53f1b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b53f1b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Church exists to build the Church, which means building the <strong>People of God<\/strong>. It must be a community where faith is lived, shared, questioned, explored, and deepened. The Church should be an arena of genuine faith exploration, where every generation is encouraged to discover the relevance and transforming power of the Gospel in its own context.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-171591f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"171591f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through the Word of God, we are invited to discover novel and meaningful experiences of faith. Our faith in the Triune God calls us not only into a deeper relationship with God, but also into responsible relationships with one another and with the whole of creation and society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99709c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c99709c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Mission of the Church<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c41be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c41be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The mission of the Church is both <strong>spiritual and social<\/strong>. We are called to nurture people in faith, strengthen families and communities, empower the younger generation, and respond with compassion to the needs and challenges of our society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8b47d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a8b47d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A vibrant Church is one that <strong>listens, learns, serves, and journeys together<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aadef39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aadef39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May <strong>St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Puliyoor<\/strong>, continue to be a community where the faith of our forefathers becomes a living inspiration for the present generation and a meaningful legacy for generations to come.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-797ac26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"797ac26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">May the Church remain rooted in the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Word of God<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, strengthened by the grace of the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Triune God<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, and committed to building the People of God in communion with God and in service to society.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9f5bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9f5bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May God bless the Church, its members, its ministries, and all its efforts to witness to Christ in the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a00a82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a00a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With Prayers and Blessings,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bda7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17bda7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Euyakim Mar Coorilos\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Suffragan Metropolitan<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Diocesan Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Euyakim Mar Coorilos The Diocesan Bishop (Chengannur \u2013 Mavelikkara Diocese) Olivet Aramana Thittamel, ChengannurKerala. India 689121Ph: 0479-2454747 \/ 2456667Fax: 0479-2452727 www.marthoma-cmdiocese.org Dearly Beloved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":290,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1092","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":110,"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092\/revisions\/2016"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puliyoorstthomasmtc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}