Tenny Thomas is completing his PhD and has completed graduate level courses at Cambridge, Oxford and Columbia University/Union Theological School in New York. This presentation was given during the Lenten Retreat hosted by FOCUS Houston on March 1, 2008 at St Stephen’s Orthodox Church in Houston.
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Dn. Sujit Thomas provides an introduction into the Church History of the Indian Orthodox Church. This talk was given in both St Thomas Orthodox Church of Chicago on April 12, 2008 and St Thomas Orthodox Church of Houston, TX on April 26, 2008.

The talk is divided into 7 parts, beginning with the arrival of St Thomas to India in 52AD to the present day where the Church is split into two factions (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church).
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Jake Kurian is a student of St Tikhon’s Orthodox Seminary in South Canaan, PA, and here gives an introduction on the Church’s teachings of the Holy Trinity. This was the 3rd seminar of the Houston Faith Series, conducted on June 21, 2008 at St Thomas Orthodox Church in Stafford, Texas.

The seminarians currently studying at St Tikhon’s maintain a common blog which can be read at http://sotsindianorthodox.blogspot.com

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