2002 Parumala Association â Facts - Malankara Syriac Voice

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1. Kottayam Diocese: - Methran Kakshis published a list for Manarkad church with one priest and two lay members. Now as per the representation clause Manarkad church has to send more than this. Manarkad church was represented by one Fr. E K George. The fun is that, he was never a member of the Manarkad church. The other two people were expelled members of this parish. Now the funniest part was that the same Fr. E K George was also representing Vadakkan mannoor St. Thomas Orthodox Church. One person representing from two churches. 2. Angamaly diocese: As per the 2002 list there are 167 churches in Angamaly diocese in the SOC. Of these, 45 churches had found their place in the Methran Kakshis list. While most of these Churches can send 1 to 8 representatives these 45 churches had been represented by one priest and two lay members. The point to note here is that, no elections were held at the parish level but the representatives were just ' selected ' by Methran Kakshis sitting in Devalokam. Let us see a few funny examples... a) Fr. Benny Panthaplakkal is representing two churches - Angamaly St. Marys and Naduvattom St. Marys. b) Fr. Eldose representing again two churches Peechanikkad St. George and Peechanikkad St. Peters c) Fr. Paulose Varikoli representing again two churches Kothamangalam cheriyapally and Perumbavoor Bethel Suloko. And none of these churches held elections. This is what we call ' Murder of democratic values'. 3. Thrissur Diocese: - Here, maybe strengthened by Mannuthy Milithios, all the 34 churches of JSOC found its place in the list. But when it came to the representatives only people and priests owing allegiance to Milithios were named in the list. Not elected. 4. Kandanadu Diocese: - Here two lists were created A & B to accommodate Severios and Athanasios groups. JSOC had 66 churches here. When the lists were published, 17 churches were represented in both the lists of A & B. 17 churches were duplicated.
Means, one single church could send equal number of representative twice owing allegiance to different groups. And still they claim that all was well with their Parumala Association drama. The fun continues. 5. Kochi Diocese: Here again in the Methran Kakshi list, 23 JSOC churches found their way ( though it was without the knowledge of the respective parishioners ). Of these, four were churches where both factions were present. Again needless to say that no elections were held. So much for the JSOC churches. Let us see two examples from Methran Kakshis themselves... 1. One Mr. Matt represented the St. Greogorios church of Toronto at Parumala and was also elected to the managing committee. But the Toronto parishioners went to court and filed a case that no elections were held in their church and the representation of Mr. Matt was without the knowledge of the parishioners. 2. North of Kerala Arthat Valiyaopally is the biggest parish church of IOC. Here the Valiyapally parishioners approached the supreme court and filed a case against the twelve chapels under the Valiyapally being included in the voters list as separate parish churches which again resulted in the duplication of representation explained previously.. We have given you the examples above to make the readers understand that this was not a fair and free electoral process as the Methran Kakshis propagate and want everyone to believe. Just see the discrepancies in the number of churches, the voters list, etc…. When we boycotted the association we had good reasons to do so. And it was not to split the church. Finally, we are giving below a few newspaper references which will show the clear picture of the process leading to the 2002 association meeting at Parumala. 1. Deepika - 16th Jan 2002, Ekm edition.......... Orthodox faction trying for artificial majority.
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