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Asia's biggest Christian convention gets underway in Kerala
Sunday February 12, 2012 06:12:11 PM,
IANS
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Maramon (Kerala): The Maramon Convention, Asia's biggest Christian convention, got
underway here Sunday afternoon on the banks of the Pampa river.
The week-long event will see around three million people attending
and will be addressed by prominent evangelists from across the
world.
Philipose Mar Chrysostum, senior metropolitan, of the Mar Thoma
Church led the opening worship of the 117th edition of the
convention. It is being held under the aegis of the Syrian Mar Thoma Church, headquartered at Thiruvalla, about 130 km from
Thiruvananthapuram.
Maramon is situated on the banks of the Pampa river, about 20 km
from Thiruvalla and the convention takes place on the river bed
under a temporary shed made out of coconut leaves, which can seat
a lakh of people.
"Arise, let us be going" is the theme for this year.
Prominent evangelists like Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana from South
Africa, Rev Kang-San-Tan from Malaysia and Rev Martin Alphons from
the US will be the main speakers.
A record three million believers from various Christian
denominations are expected to visit the convention, which will be
managed with no police or volunteers.
There would be three separate sessions daily with special sessions
for women and men, besides a series of prayer and devotional music
sessions.
The Mar Thoma community has nearly a million believers.
The week-long convention would also see a big crowd of Kerala
politicians taking time off from their busy schedule to attend the
convention.
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