{"id":41435,"date":"2016-01-01T06:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T06:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=41435"},"modified":"2016-01-04T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T09:23:28","slug":"icon-education-scholarship-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=41435","title":{"rendered":"ICON Education Scholarship Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/icon_bava.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41436\" src=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/icon_bava-300x114.jpg\" alt=\"icon_bava\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/icon_bava-300x114.jpg 300w, http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/icon_bava.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC07446.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41443\" src=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC07446-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07446\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC07446-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC07446-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC07446-70x40.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fbPhotoAlbumTitle\">ICON EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015 &#8211; Award Distribution at Devalokam. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10206917953178605.1073742056.1571212936&amp;type=1&amp;l=1d13910090\">M TV Photos<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5O-BjjBFnFU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gZwa0g3LIUM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_7ndPS4noW4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/riDP89nG2ec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ICON EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015 &#8211; Award Distribution at Devalokam Dec 31st 2015<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<wbr \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<wbr \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<wbr \/>&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On December 31st, the 2015 ICON Excellence Awards distribution program was held at Catholicate Aramana in Devalokam, Kerala. This year we are supporting a total of 513 deserving students around Kerala and the total award amount is about Rs. 53 lacs INR. The awards at Devalokam were presented to the selected students under MOSC &#8211; Ministry of Human Empowerment (MOHE) of the Malankara Orthodox Church for the Central and Southern Zones. Many thanks to everyone who contributed, to all who wished us well and prayed for this.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here is a quick update on the program:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It was a blessed event. The students who received the award had a picture taken with the His Holiness the Catholicose (Bava Thirumeni, the premier bishop of the Malankara Orthodox Church). It was a blessing to be with Bava Thirumeni and receive benediction from HH while welcoming the New Year.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In addition to the Award distribution, Samagra Saukhya (Holistic Healing) project was inaugurated in which medical doctors over 80 years who gave invaluable contributions to medical science and community service were honored at the function.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The meeting proceeded as follows:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Welcome Speech &#8211; by Rev Fr PA Philip (Deputy Secretary, MOHE)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction of ICON &#8211; by Shri Oommen Kappil (Founder Moderator of ICON)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction of Orthodox Medical Forum &#8211; by Dr. Varghese Punnoose<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Presidential Address- by Rev Fr. (Dr.) K.M. George<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lighting of the lamp by Bava Thirumeni to celebrate the Inauguration of Samagra Saukhya Project Inaugural address by His Holiness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Key Note address &#8211; by Rev. Dr Mathew Parackal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction of senior doctors &#8211; by Prof PC Alias<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Felicitation of senior doctors &#8211; by His Holiness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Felicitation by Rev Fr. (Dr.) Bijesh Philip (Principal, Nagpur Seminary)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Reply speech by Dr. NM Mathai<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Distribution of ICON Excellence Awards 2015 &#8211; by His Holiness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Vote of Thanks by Dr. Siby Tharakan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Many Thanks to Rev. Fr. P.A. Philip for coordinating the efforts needed to organize the program. Also Rev. Fr. K.T. Jacob(Sunny achen) deserves appreciation along with George Mathew (Liju, Doha) and many others, for the herculean efforts behind the project, especially in the application process. Jose Kurian uncle and Liju among others also represented the global ICON family at the function.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Bava Thirumeni was highly impressed with ICON&#8217;s work in the society. Bijesh Philip achen, Principal of Nagpur Seminary, was generous in his words on the support provided among others, to Prerana Special school for the mentally challenged in Nagpur,India by ICON. Respected KM George Achen also spoke highly about ICON&#8217;s efforts. The words by these blessed fathers were inspiring and one and all in the larger global family of ICON can feel proud about how God has guided us thus far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~ Moderators, ICON<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICON EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015 &#8211; Award Distribution at Devalokam. M TV Photos &nbsp; ICON EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015 &#8211; Award Distribution at Devalokam Dec 31st 2015 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&#8212;&#8211; On December 31st, the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-news","category-icon-charity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41435"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41463,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41435\/revisions\/41463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}