Statement regarding Kolencherry issue: H.G Alexios Mar Eusebius
Blessings to our Chor-Episcopoi & Priests,
I am sure that everyone has become aware of the crisis in Kolenchery and has been informed of the indefinite fast that both His Holiness the Catholicos along with His Grace Mar Severios have undertaken. There is extreme confusion as to why this is happening, and the media has definitely used this opportunity to put the Church in to shame.
This is a decision that has been made by the supreme head of our Church. The primary reason for this decision is that we need to seek a permanent solution for this matter. Every year in particular parishes, tensions rise and our identity is sought to be sabotaged. We have received court verdicts in our favor from both the apex and different lower courts, yet none of them have been able to be executed because of the unwillingness of the other faction to follow the court orders.
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