A Catholic Archbishop (Mar Ivanios of Travancore) Pays Tribute to Gandhi
"The Commonweal," a famous American Catholic weekly, in an editorial on Mahatma Gandhi, which appeared on the very day he died, announced: "Mahatma Gandhi... Long may he live." Gandhi was born and brought up under the influence of some of the best Indian traditions and culture. To the end,...
Memories & Musings: MAR IVANIOS
Introduction: By far the most colourful prelate to visit Melbourne for the Diocesan Centenary celebrations as Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum, India. This bearded and turbaned Hierarch was a centre of interest at many of the festivities connected with the week of rejoicing.Reunion with the Catholic Church: The story...
Big Family
Archbishop Mar Ivanios, whose diocese of 27 million inhabitants is in Travancore State, India, said Mass at Lourdes Hill Convent today. The picture was taken in the Convent grounds.
Indian Visitor
Archbishop Mar Ivanios, from Travancore, India, who said mass at Lourdes Hill Convent.
Mar Ivanios: Called “Newman of India”
Introduction: The "Newman of India" was the characterization applied to Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, of the Indian State of Travancore, at the opening ceremony of the Church Unity-Octave at the National Shrine at the Immaculate Conception, Washington, U.S.A.Distinguished Visitor: Mar Ivanios will be a distinguished visitor to the...
Malankara Church Marks Diocesan Anniversary with Reflections on Growth and Unity
Tiruvalla, 17th January 1948 – The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church recently observed the 15th anniversary of the Diocese of Tiruvalla, a momentous day that commemorates the establishment of this diocese, which includes the entire ecclesiastical province known as the Catholicate. The diocese was created alongside the Archdiocese of Trivandrum, marking...
Mgr Ivanios at the Richelieu Club
The return of dissident Christians of India to the Roman ChurchThe guest of honor of the Richelieu Club.Montreal, yesterday noon, was Mgr Mar Ivanios, archbishop of Trivandrum, State of Travancore, in India. Presented to the audience by Mgr J.-M. Saint-Denis, he spoke of the very ancient Christianity of India...
Another Jacobite Prelate Reconciled to Rome
CHANGANACHERRY, Travancore: The Most Reverend Mar Ivanios, Archbishop of Trivandrum, recently had the happiness of reconciling to the Holy See the Jacobite Metropolitan of the Syrian Kuanaya Diocese of Malabar, Mar Thoma Dioscoros. Mar Ivanios is himself a convert Jacobite prelate and the initiator of the Malabar Reunion Movement...
Conversion of Mar Severios
The reception into the Catholic Church on November 29, 1937, of the Jacobite Metropolitan of Neranam, the Most Rev. Mar. Severios, has stimulated all over the Catholic world interest in the Reunion Movement amongst the Malabar Christians in South India.The movement began some seven years ago when two highly...
