We welcome you to visit the church and join us in the worship services.The mass is celebrated according to the ancient traditions of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Malayalam-Syriac-English languages.
The Syrian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest orthodox churches. It is believed that St. Peter the Apostle established a bishopric in Antioch and became the first bishop.
The See of Antioch continues to flourish till our day, with His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I, being the current patriarch. The Patriarchate office is situated in Bab Touma, in the city of Damascus, capital of Syria. The Patriarch resides at the Mor Ephrem monastery in Ma`arat Sayyidnaya, near Damascus. The church has believers all over the world especially in the middle east(Syria, Iraq, Lebanon etc) and India.
St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church will be celebrating the feast of "Denaha" on January 8th, 2012. The celebrations will begin at 9:00am. The Vicar and the members of the parish invite you to join the celebrations.
With the blessing of the Lord, St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church will be celebrating Christmas Service on December 25th, 2011. Rev.Fr.Thomas Kora will be the chief celebrant. The celebrations will begin at 5:45 am. The members of the Sunday school will be presenting this year’s Christmas play during the morning worship service.
The Vicar and the members of the parish invite you to join the celebrations, and ring in the Christmas season with the joy of music – Carols sung by the kids and the choir.
109th Dukhrono of St. Gregorios of Malankara (Parumala Thirumeni)
2011-10-28 12:38
St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church, San Francisco Bay Area will be celebrating the 109th Dukhrono of St. Gregorios of Malankara (Parumala Thirumeni) on November 13th, 2011. We would like to invite all our friends and families to join us on this solemn occasion. May God bless all of us through the intercession of St. Gregorios of Parumala. The Holy Qurbono will be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Thomas Kora.
On October 2nd 2011, St. Mary's Syriac Orthodox Church, San Francisco Bay Area will be celebrating the 326th Dukhrono of St. Baselios Yeldho Bava. We cordially invite all our friends and family to join with us on this solemn occasion and receive the blessings and benedictions from the Triune God, through the intercessory prayers of St. Baselios Yeldho Bava.
The Vicar and youth members from St Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church San Francisco California are planning to Volunteer at the City Ministires in Bay Area on Aug 20th 2011. The volunteer program is to visit the recovery center in the Bay Area and help in Food preparation, Serving of the food, interacting with the people, cleaning the kitchen & Dinning Area.
Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary on August 13th and 14th 2011
2011-08-07 21:51
The Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary will be celebrated on Saturday Aug 13th and Sunday Aug 14th 2011. The Chief celebrant will be Rev. Fr. Joy John, Vicar, Saint Peters church Philadelphia. We cordially invite all our friends and family to join with us on this solemn occasion and receive the blessings and benedictions from the Triune God, through the intercessory prayers of Mother Mary, the patron Saint of the Church.
Feast of St.George & Parish Day Celebrations at the St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church
2011-05-02 21:41
The St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church in San Francisco Bay Area celebrating its 2nd anniversary as the parish day and the feast of the St. George as the foundation feast (“Kallitta Perunnaal”) on May 7th and 8th, 2011.
H.G.Yeldho Mor Titus, the Archbishop of the Malankara Archdiocese of North America will be the chief celebrant.
Program Details: Saturday May 07, 2011
Location: Thomas Russell Middle School, 1500 Escuela Pkwy Milpitas CA 95035
Lenten Retreat at St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church on April 9th 2011
2011-04-02 17:16
Milpitas, CA: The Lenten retreat of St. Marys Syriac Orthodox Church, San Francisco Bay area will be held at St. James Church - 195 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 on April 9th, 2011 from 9 AM .
The Theme for the retreat is "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18. Mr. Peter G Paulose, St. Marys Syriac Orthodox Church, Houston will be the keynote speaker.
Parish Day Celebrations & Feast of St.George at the St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church
2010-05-10 10:26
The St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church in San Francisco Bay Area celebrated its 1st anniversary as the parish day and the feast of the St. George as the foundation feast (“Kallitta Perunnaal”) on May 8th and 9th, 2010.
H.G. Thomas Mor Thimotheos Metropolitan, the Bishop of Kottayam diocese and Singapore & Malaysia was the chief celebrant of the Holy Trimass. Rev. Fr. Cherian Payyanickal and Rev. Fr. Sabu Thomas were co-celebrants. Rev. Fr. Thomas Kora (vicar) assisted His Grace in the celebrations. The Holy Trimass was followed by procession, offerings and luncheon.
