The Church belongs to the North East American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. We are located in Ridgewood neighborhood which is bordering Brooklyn and Queens. Rev. Fr. George Mathew is the Vicar of this church. Church official website was launched on June 1, 2019 as a youth movement. This website will serve as an information/ announcement portal for the parish. We hope you will find this website useful. Thank you for your continued support and participation.
Welcome
Announcements
- Dec 24, 2023 – Family Day & Christmas Celebrations
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Our Patron
St. Basil the Great, Latin Basilius
FAITH & LITURGY
Our faith as Christians gives us inner strength and hope to live out every day according to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Orthodox worship is Christ centered and we are created in the image of God to grow into his perfection. God the eternal son has redeemed us from our sins and his grace has given us the ability to lead a life worth of our calling.
The Church, though modern in its vision and outlook, keeps the traditional Orthodox faith and liturgy. It accepts the first three Ecumenical Synods. In earlier days, the liturgy used by the Church was adopted from the Persian Church, which had to be abandoned at the Portuguese compulsion at the end of 16th century. The liturgy now in use is the translation of the Syrian liturgy adopted from the Antiochian Orthodox Church in the 17th century. Today the Church uses local languages in other parts of India and English outside of India. The Indian Orthodox community inherited many aspects of Indian civilization and they are like any other communities in India, in their customs, manners and life style.
Our Mission
To worship our God and preserve Indian Malankara Orthodox faith and traditions, and promote spiritual, social, and emotional well-being among its members as well as with the community through love .
Our History
The Church was established on May 8th, 1977. H. G. Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, First Metropolitan of USA, Canada and Europe, formally inaugurated the Church on August 7, 1977 at 415 Seventh Street, Brooklyn. New York. Rev. Fr. T. M. Zachariah was the first Vicar, Mr. Eapen David, was Treasurer and Mr. T. V. Varghese was Secretory.
H.G. Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, Dn.Muttaniyil E. Idikulla, and Mr. Zachariah Kurian were the three people signed on December 8th, 1978 for the first incorporation of the Church. The Church had been located in Brooklyn area up to ……
Our Patron
Saint Basil, also known as Basil the Great and Basil of Caesarea, was a bishop of Caesarea in central Asia Minor who staunchly defended the church against the 4th-century CE heresy of Arianism. Basil’s writings on monasticism and theological issues would be hugely influential during his lifetime and in later centuries as the Christian Church developed in the east. The saint, regarded as one of the founders of the Greek Orthodox Church, was also noted for his work helping the poor and his sermons which addressed the imbalances in society. ……
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