Priesthood
On September 14, 1976, at the age of 19, H. G. was ordained deacon by H. B. Catholicose Mor Baselios Paulose II.
H. B. ordained Dn. E. T. John, Elavinamannil as Kassiso on December 5, 1982.
In 2000, H. H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Prince Patriarch of Antioch and All the East appointed Fr. E. T. John, Elavinamannil as Reesh Dayaro and Managing Trustee of Piramadom Dayaro. Malankara Episcopal Synod selected Fr. E. T. John as the new metropolitan for Kollam and Thumpamon Dioceses. H. H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ordained him as Ramban and on December 8, 2002, H. H. consecrated Very Rev. Yuhanon Ramban as metropolitan by the name Mor Militos at Patriarchal Cathedral, Damascus.
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Famous quotes containing the word priesthood:
“The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years.”
—Bishop John Spong (b. 1931)
“The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognised as love at all.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)