{"id":54056,"date":"2017-07-03T01:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T01:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=54056"},"modified":"2017-07-03T04:15:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:15:59","slug":"thomas-k-l-vaidyan-at-an-international-symposium-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=54056","title":{"rendered":"THOMAS \u00a0K. L. VAIDYAN AT AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-TKL-Passport-size-White-background.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54057\" src=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-TKL-Passport-size-White-background-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-TKL-Passport-size-White-background-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-TKL-Passport-size-White-background.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54058\" src=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1-70x40.jpg 70w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54059\" src=\"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Vaidyan-3.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>A<\/strong>n active member of St. Thomas Orthodox Congregation of Southern Africa, Mr. Thomas K. L. Vaidyan, recently presented a paper \u201cSupernatural Phenomena and the Human Condition: Jesus\u2019 Baptismal Visionary Experiences as a Case Study\u201c in an international symposium held at the University of South Africa, Pretoria.<\/h5>\n<h5>The participants were scholars from various Universities in the U.S., Spain, France, Belgium, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The aims of the symposium are to build research capacity, increase research output and contribute to the academic discussion globally. The research findings are being published internationally in a book with a chapter contributed by Mr. Thomas Vaidyan.<\/h5>\n<h5>Thomas Vaidyan of Kizhakkedathu hails from the parish of Martha Mariam Orthodox Church, Thevalakkara. His previous contributions include publications by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Department of Education, South Africa, where he worked for the last 28 years in different capacities. \u00a0At present he is a Curriculum Specialist with the National Education Collaboration Trust, South Africa. His latest publication is \u201cA Guide to Biblical Instruction for the Present Generation.\u201d His current research in the field of New Testament and Early Christian Studies is in the University of South Africa.<\/h5>\n<h5>Mr. Thomas Vaidyan is the elder brother to Rev. Dr. K. L. Mathew Vaidyan Cor-Episcopa. His younger son, Mr. Jerry Thomas Vaidyan is a member of the current Managing Committee of our Church.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An active member of St. Thomas Orthodox Congregation of Southern Africa, Mr. Thomas K. L. Vaidyan, recently presented a paper \u201cSupernatural Phenomena and the Human Condition: Jesus\u2019 Baptismal Visionary Experiences &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-honours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54056","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=54056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54060,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54056\/revisions\/54060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}