Before the esteemed arrival of the Reverend Abraham Lincoln in the year 1972, there existed no assemblages for prayer nor any established congregations for prayer gatherings within the Mar Thoma Community of Toronto. In those years spanning from 1967 to 1971, the faithful of the All-Kerala Christians\u2019 Community collectively partook in a mere handful, ranging from three to five, of Holy Communion services conducted by itinerant clergy. It was during this very epoch, circa 1971 or perhaps 1972, that the Orthodox Church, operating under the appellation of the St. Gregorios Orthodox Church of Toronto, commenced its own divine worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Important dates and events are listed below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 September 1972: Commencement of Mar Thoma Syrian Liturgical Worship in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 May 1, 1978: Attainment of Congregation status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 May 14, 1979: Official recognition as a registered church in Canada by the Federal Government with the bestowed name “THE CANADIAN MAR THOMA CHURCH TORONTO.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 August 30, 1981: Elevation as Parish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1979: Commencement of Sevika Sanghom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1980: Initiation of Sunday School, VBS, Youth Fellowship, and Malayalam Choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1987: Establishment of Edavaka Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 2005: Commencement of Yuvajana Sakhyam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 2007: Inauguration of Seniors\u2019 Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Places of Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1972-1985: Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto (12 years 4 months).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1982-1984: Relocation of Sunday School Classes to OISE, 246 Bloor St W. Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1985-1987: Etienne Brule Secondary School, 300 Banbury Rd, North York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1987-2017: 313 Main St. N. Markham ON (30 years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 October 21, 2017: Transition to 159 Sandiford Dr. Whitchurch \u2013 Stouffville ON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Membership growth:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Major events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1982: Hosted First Family Conference of North America. Also hosted 15th and 25th Family Conferences in 1997 and 2007, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1983, October 31: Completed incorporation in Ontario as a non-profit Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1986: Hosted the first regional Youth Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1987, June 30: Purchased the church building at 313 Main St. N. Markham, ON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1987, July 25: Church dedication by the Most Rev. Alexander Mar Thoma Metropolitan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Dec 28, 1989: Purchased the parsonage at 50 Wales Ave. Markham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 1989: Hosted the Mar Thoma Youth Conference of North America at Waterloo University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 July 22, 2001: St. Mathews Mar Thoma Church formed and dedicated by Rt. Rev. Dr. Zacharias Mar Theophilus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 2007: Hosted the 25th North American Family Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 May 2014: Purchased 2.45 acres of land in Whitchurch-Stouffville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 May 7, 2016: Cornerstone laid for the new church building by the Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 July 16, 2016: Construction started for the new building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Oct 21, 2017: Dedicated the new church building by the Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Annual significant contributions made to numerous charities in India and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 CMTC Toronto instrumental in sending two main speakers (Rev. Dr. Leonard Griffith and Rev. Charles Price) to Maramon convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 2007: Built 52 homes for the homeless under the Navathy project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 2020: Supported the local hospital in purchasing ventilators and other Covid-19 accessories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN MAR THOMA CHURCH TORONTO Before the esteemed arrival of the Reverend Abraham Lincoln in the year 1972, there existed no assemblages for prayer nor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"vision-and-mission-new","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianmarthomachurch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n