| 词条 | Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam |
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Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam is the youth wing of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (known as Mar Thoma Church). Founded in 1933 at the Maramon Convention, it has spread its wings to all the continents{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}, bringing youths of the Mar Thoma church under one umbrella. In its long history, it has produced many eminent personalities in the church and in the society.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} It was in Kerala, in the 1st century CE, Thomas the Apostle arrived to preach the gospel to the Jewish community. Some of the Jews and locals became followers of Jesus of Nazareth. They were known as Nasrani people and their church was Malankara Church. They followed a unique Hebrew-Syriac Christian tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Mar Thoma Church is part of this Malankara Church, still fully independent, without being part of any other Churches.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} ObjectivesThe Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam was organized with a view to help the youths of the Mar Thoma church to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour; to train in worship and the fellowship of Christian life; to participate in the mission of the Church; to have faith in Christian values; to organize and conduct camps, meetings, discussions to increase the knowledge and experience of youth in the Holy Bible, church's faith and practice.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} HistoryAs a programme of the centenary celebration of reformation in Malankara Church, Yuvajana Sakhyam was organized in 1933 by a resolution of the Sabha Prathinithi Mandalam (representative assembly of the Church). The first committee included Rev. V. P. Mammen as President; Rev. K. E. Oommen and Rev. C. M.John (later Dr. Juhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan) as Vice Presidents; and Mr. V. E. Thomas (later Rev. V. E. Thomas, Singapore) as Secretary. The first meeting was held on November 11, 1933.[1] By 1937, there were 40 branches for the Sakhyam. 40 representatives attended the first general body meeting held on February 26, that year. In 1945, Mr. M. M. Thomas (later Dr. M. M. Thomas) was appointed as a full-time Organizing Secretary. Under his dynamic leadership the Sakhyam struck deep roots and spread its branches far and wide. (In 1966, Dr. M.M.Thomas was the delegate of the Mar Thoma church to the fourth assembly of the World Council of Churches. He was the chairman of the WCC Central Committee till 1975. Later he was appointed by the Government of India as the Governor of a state in India.) OrganizationMost of the Mar Thoma parishes have branches of the Sakhyam. A group of such a branches form a Center. There are a number of such centers under each Diocese. The constitution prescribes that the President should be a bishop of the Church.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} EstablishmentsThe Golden Jubilee Memorial building, main office building is at Tiruvalla was opened in 1986. It is close to the Mar Thoma Church office.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} In connection with Silver Jubilee celebrations, a Youth Center was built in Adoor. It can accommodate about 200 young people to camp there.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The Sakhyam has its own printing press to provide training and employment to the youth.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} In 2006, another Mar Thoma Youth Center was inaugurated in Bangalore, Karnataka, South India.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Publications
See also
References1. ^Mathew, N.M. ‘’Malankara Marthoma Sabha Charitram’’, Volume III. Pages128-129. Further reading
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