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About Us
Starting in the mid-1980's, the
faithful Christians in the Denver
area longed to have their own traditional worship. With the permission
and blessing of His Eminence Archbishop late Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel of
blessed memory, Rev. Fr. Bobby Joseph, conducted the first Holy Mass at the residence of Mr.Tharian Mattamana and
named the parish as St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church, Denver.
In 2002, it was a great blessing
that God Almighty selected Very Rev. Fr. Raban Aby Kurian Pathickal to be a blessed
leader to this congregation (later he became our Archdiocesan Archbishop H. E.
Mor Theethose Yeldho). Under his efficient leadership we registered a
constitution (under the new name St. Mary's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church), and purchased a church (primarily using
member donations) in December 2003. The church building at 3410 West Walsh Place was inaugurated on
May 22, 2004 by His Eminence Mor Thethos Yeldo,
Metropolitan Archbishop of Malankara Syriac
Orthodox Church of North America and attended by His Eminence Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim, Archbishop of Syriac Orthodox Church
of the Eastern USA. Since then, the church has coordinated a
solid foundation with Sunday School, St. Mary's Women's League and Youth Associations.
After the inauguration, the
following priests have served as
vicars of our growing church: Rev. Fr. Babu Peringoal in 2003; Rev. Fr. James
Scaria in 2004 who later became bishop
H. G. Mor Aphrem Mathews; and Rev. Fr. George Parathuvayalil from 2004 to
present, and the first resident priest.
We now have weekly services to
fulfill the needs of the growing Syrian Christain community in Denver. The vicar and the managing committee
of St. Mary's Jacobite Church would also like to take this occasion to
especially thank all people in the US and all over the world for their
donations in aiding in the development of our church. We wish you all the
best and God's blessings now and always.
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