{"id":45660,"date":"2016-06-25T06:36:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=45660"},"modified":"2016-06-25T06:36:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T06:36:06","slug":"summary-of-the-findings-of-ortheo-meet-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=45660","title":{"rendered":"SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS OF ORTHEO MEET  2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>ORTHEO MEET 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Ministry and Mission of the Church Beyond the Borders&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>23-25 May 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Jointly sponsored by Orthodox Theological Seminary, St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>and Sopana Orthodox Academy<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Venue : Mar Baselios Dayara, Njaliyakuzhy, Vakathanam, Kottayam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Respected Achen, Deacon\/ Dear Brother, Sister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It has been a blessed occasion for us to come together under the guidance of Holy Spirit at the Mar Baselios Dayara for three days of prayer and mutual exchange of ideas during the Ortheo Meet 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0We thank you sincerely for your prayer and concern for this conference jointly organized by The Orthodox Theological Seminary Kottayam, St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary Nagpur and Sopana Orthodox Academy. The Participants registered their appreciation for the presentations and the solid discussion that followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We are attaching a brief report by Dr. John Kunnath and also a summary of the findings with practical suggestions to be forwarded to the Holy Synod by kind permission of His Holiness The Catholicos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We humbly seek your continued support for this process of \u00a0prayerful reflection regarding the future ministry and mission of the Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fr. O. Thomas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fr. Bijesh Philip\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fr. K.M. George<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Copy of attachments to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The members of the Holy Synod.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The members of the managing committee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The office bearers of the spiritual organizations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS OFORTHEO MEET <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>23-25 May 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Jointly sponsored by Orthodox Theological Seminary, St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>and Sopana Orthodox Academy<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Venue: Mar Baselios Dayara, Njaliyakuzhy, Vakathanam, Kottayam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In his very inspiring inaugural address <strong>H. Catholicos Baselios MarthomaPaulose II<\/strong>proposed the following as desirable:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Assigning a Bishop full time for the supervision and co-ordination of the new forms of Ministry outside the regular parish ministry and new ways of Gospel outreach as envisaged by the Malankara Orthodox Church.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Engaging in pastoral and missionary tasks those who completed Divyabodhanam and Satyajyothi courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Organizing <em>\u2018vocation conferences\u2019<\/em> for those young people who aspire to join the seminary or to serve the church full time in other ways to find out their calling, motivation and commitment for new ways of ministry and mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Raising a central fund for the implementation of alternate forms of ministry and mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>From the Participants:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In a sustained discussion through various sessions of the Ortheo Meet 2016 the following main suggestions emerged in a search for identifying some of the important alternate ministries apart from regular parish work, and on how to motivate and send the students who complete the seminary course to take up the challenge of new pastoral and missionary ministries. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ministry to the diaspora or those Orthodox faithful who live outside the traditional Kerala boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ministry to the students and youth in metropolitan areas outside Kerala. (Campus Ministry).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Cyber Ministry to reach the new generation (New Social Media like Facebook, Watsapp, Twitter. FM Radio and other Audio-Visual Media)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dialogue Ministry involving inter-faith and inter-church relations and collaboration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ministry to the differently abled, senior citizens, to migrant workers etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Translation Ministry making available our liturgical books in the regional languages of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ministry to the world of Art, Music and Culture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Orientation for Exam and Career guidance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Counseling ministry like Pre-Marital Counseling, Family counseling, Hospital Ministry etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ministry of De-addiction, AIDS rehabilitation, Prison Ministry etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Linking seminary training, ordination and Mission. Sending of new deacons and young priests to the mission fields for at least 2-3 years rather than sending them directly to traditional parishes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Continuing Education programs for the clergy and leadership training for both clergy and laity by using resource persons from among the highly placed and competent members of the Church in various walks of life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We are forwarding these proposals from the conference to the Holy Episcopal Synod, office bearers of spiritual organizations, members of managing committee and others.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORTHEO MEET 2016 &#8220;Ministry and Mission of the Church Beyond the Borders&#8221; 23-25 May 2016 Jointly sponsored by Orthodox Theological Seminary, St Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary and Sopana Orthodox Academy &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sopana-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45661,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45660\/revisions\/45661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}