Gurukul Alumnus elected as the Bishop of Orthodox Syrian Church

Very. Rev. Christophorous Ramban

Very. Rev. Christophorous Ramban hails from Thekkemala, Kozhenchery. Born in 1960, as the son of Mr. V.A. Oommen and Mrs. Gracy Oommen.  Ramban (then Abraham Oommen) was educated at Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Old Seminary Kottayam and Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Madras. ( B.A, B.D, M.Th)

Ordained as deacon in 1986, as priest on 21 May 1987, he accepted the vows of monasticism and was professed Remban on 31 Mar 2002. He led a monastic life in Parumala Seminary during 1986-1990 and Madras during 1990-1996.  Remban served as the Vicar of St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Singapore between 1996 and 2002.  In 2003, he served as the Manager of Madras Aramana and during 2004-2006 he did commendable job as the Manager of the Parumala Seminary.

Since 2007 Very.Rev. Christophorous Ramban is serving as the Manager of Catholicate Aramana, Devalokam. 

His brother Philip Oommen is working at Malaysia and the only sister Jaya Shaji is working at Doha.

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Towards Green Gurukul, Plastic Free Gurukul

Highlight of this year's Student's Committee inauguration has been the declaration of the Campus Management and Environment Committee of a Plastic Free Gurukul. Gurukul Director Dr. P. Manoharan and Principal Dr. Sam W. Meshack, highly appreciated the project. Gurukul Campus has been blessed with green trees all through the year and you get a wonderful green panoramic view from the roof top. However, the ground reality has been different. Gurukul lost much of its ground for the new constructions and what ever little ground remains has been losing its beauty due to various reasons. One main reason has been the poor waste management. Now a days most of the waste is created by the increased use of plastic. It destroys the beauty and quality of the land, choke drainage systems and is good breeding place for mosquitoes. The case is almost same in several of the cities in India, not only cities but even holy pilgrimage centers like Sabarimala, or tourist places like Manali are all ravaged by plastic carry bags, water bottles, fast food sachets and other things.Sometimes it seems impossible for us to get rid of plastics. Plastic has been certainly a blessing in several respects, it made our life easy and comfortable and now it has become a great menace. One way to deal with this problem to make it reusable and to find new usages for the waste plastic, for example to mix it with tar in the construction of roads, a method used in the construction of Kerala roads. States like Kerala has banned plastics with less than 50 microns. Metropolitan Chrysostom of the Mar Thoma Church declared the head quarters of the Church in Tiruvalla a plastic free zone. Now Gurukul's effort to make it plastic free has to be appreciated. The Environment committee has an uphill task to make it a reality. The Staff Advisor Dr. David Udayakumar and the Student Convenor Mr. S. Naveen Kumar of the Environment Committee need all our support in this most necessary green project. The committee plans to entrust each class the responsibility to take care of certain area of Gurukul campus and keep it clean and green through out the year and plant new tree. Also they declared a prize for the best maintained plot. Two years back Gurukul spend almost a lac of Rupees to purchase pot plants and most of them are now lost. However, we hope that Gurukul will be more successful this time with the student initiative.

Six other student Committees presented their plans for the year. There was community dinner following the inaugural meeting.
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Rahbi Thar

Rahbi Thar means new beginning in Mizo. Gurukul Seniors welcomed the freshers with Rahbi Thar cellebrations . There were 51 new students, registered for BD, MTh, and DTh. programmes. The function was attended by the Director of Gurukul, Dr. P. Manoharan and the Principal, Dr. Samuel Meshack, Dr. DW Jesudoss, former Principal and Dean of the Martin Luther Library, and Dr. Suneel Bhanu, Dean of Post Graduate studies.The initiation process started with a colourful parade with drum beating in the evening of Saturday, 21, June2008. A nice introduction to new students without the much abused ragging phobia.

Rev. Sajeev Thomas

Rev. Sajeev Thomas, an ordained minister of the Mar Thoma Church has joined Gurukul for his MTh studies in communication. He had to come even before the college reopens to admit his son to School. He has a daughter who has not yet started school. First thing he had to do was to apply for a Ration Card, which would not help in getting any ration but a requirement to get a gas connection. Rev. Sajeev Mathew comes with a rich pastoral experience, having served several Mar Thoma congregations within and and outside Kerala. He would be joining the illustrious gallery of the Mar Thoma achens who did their MTh studies in Gurukul like the late Rev. C.P. Wilson, Rev. Abraham Scaria, Rev. Y. T. Vinayaraj and Rev. Shibi Varghese. Sajeev Thomas's presence in Gurukul will foster the ecumenical culture of Gurukul.