Prayer is the need of the hour: Mar Chrysostom

KOCHI: Prayer is the need of the hour, Philipose Mar Chrysostom Valiya Metropolitan has said. He was speaking at a reception accorded to the Global Sadbhavana Prayer Rally here on Monday. Organised by the Global Christian Ecumenical Association, the year-long rally is being led by Mar Chrysostom from Kanyakumari to Chicago. The Metropolitan added that a prayer is not meant to change God’s mind, but to change our’s. We should understand what God expects from us. A true Christian shows the right path to others.Yakob Mar Irenios Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Kochi diocese inaugurated the meeting.Organising committee secretary P M Sunny, Global Christian Ecumenical Association president Raji Koppara, Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) deputy secretary general Fr Stephen Alathara, Renewal Centre director Fr Joyce Kaithakotil, Laity Commission secretary Jose Vithayathil and rally leader K Abraham spoke.

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