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This Saturday and Sunday all of our churches will be celebrating the memorial of Omalloor Bava.  The activities for the weekend will be combined with all of our churches.  Qurbana will be hosted at St. Mary's Knanaya church (1217 North Ave., Waukegan, IL 60085)

 

Details of the weekend's program

Saturday Program

  Saturday's program includes traveling to/from each church, ending at St. Mary's Knanaya church. Each of the churches will have refreshments and a small prayer. The main program and meal will be at St. Mary's Knanaya church.

3:00 pm - Start at out church, St. Peter's
4:00 pm - St. George church (3748 N. Newland Ave, Chicago, IL 60634)
5:00 pm - St. Mary's church (5110 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL 60630)
6:00 pm - End at St. Mary's Knanaya church (1217 North Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085) 

Sunday Holy Qurbana 

          Starts at 9:00 am at St. Mary's Knanaya church (1217 North Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085)

 

About Omalloor Bava

His name is Mor Ignatios Elias III. He was the patriarch of our church from 1917 to his death on Febuary 13, 1932.  Some of the highlights of his life include:

  • Providing refuge to Armenian and Syriac Christians in the monastery during the Turkish massacres
  • Establishing a church & printing press in Jerusalem
  • Becoming Patriarch of the Syriac Church
  • Traveling to India to help reconcile the schism (although he was in ill-health and was not advised to go)

While in India, he died and was buried there. He is the only Patriarch to be buried in India. On his memorial day, many people travel from afar to visit his tomb.

 

More Information:

You can find more information about Mor Ignatius Elias III here.

You can find a description of how the memorial service is celebrated in India here.

Or you can search for "Ignatius Elias III" here:
         http://www.stpeterschurchchicago.org/cms/resources/syriansearch