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Newly enthroned head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church

CCA congratulates His Beatitude Dr Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan

On the occasion of His Beatitude Dr Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan’s enthronement as the Malankara Mar Thoma Metropolitan on Saturday 14 November 2020, the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) Dr Mathews George Chunakara extended the CCA’s “hearty congratulations, prayers, and best wishes.”

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Pictured: His Beatitude Dr Theodosius Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the 22nd Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church in India

Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI)–2020

Week One

38 selected students from the Christian Conference of Asia’s (CCA) member constituencies came together online for the month-long training session. In the first week they were challenged by the AEI lessons to broaden their perspectives and were refreshed in their understanding of ecumenism, mission, witness, and evangelism in a multi-religious Asia.

“Our renewed relationships with other communities must be maintained without compromising on mission, without bordering on syncretism, and without undermining the uniqueness and finality of Christ,” said Dr Ariarajah, Professor Emeritus at Drew University USA and former Deputy General Secretary and Director of the Interreligious Dialogue Division of the World Council of Churches,

Read the full text of the article “AEI–2020 is a space for unlearning and relearning,” say participants at end of first week  

Week Two

The second week of the AEI–2020 enabled students to reflect on the interrelated aspects of ecumenism and its manifestations in the real world. The 38 students affirmed the importance of collaborative action and pledged the application of ecumenism to combat several issues that plague the world today.

Dr Dietrich Werner, Senior Theological Adviser for Ecumenical Education and Research of Bread for the World in Germany took two sessions on Keeping Ecumenism, Ecology, and Economics together: Kairos for Creation in Asia, and Diakonia and Development in Restoring the Creation, which focused on eco-theology and ecumenical action. Dr Werner explained the ramifications of climate change and its impacts in Asia.

Read the full text of the article Second week of AEI–2020 focuses on interrelatedness of earth sciences and theology to restore the creation