There are prayer groups at Chirayilpadam, Kurushupally, Devaloakam, Manarcad, Arathutty, Thiruvathukkal, Veloor,Kumarakom etc. Most of the Prayer meeting are conducted on Friday Evenings or Sunday Afternoons. Also there is a prayer meeting on every Wednesday morning to noon at church,which are attened mostly by elderly and the samajam of women holding prayers and singing Christian songs. Sermons are also arranged by well-versed evangelists/priests on the occasion. Their collections are also utilized for social work.
The All India Malankara Prayer Group has been constituted to monitor and streamline the prayer and reading habits of congregations in different prayer groups functioning under the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Christian Church.
The objective of this group is to ascertain the inculcation of firm faith, love of the church and brotherhood and bring about the spiritual, material and educational upliftment of the people. A unit consists of 20-30 heads of families and grown-up men. However, the women and children of these families can participate in these meetings. Once in a week the prayer meetings are conducted at a convenient time in different houses or in a common place of convenience.
Each unit has the vicar of the parish as the president and should have a secretary who should maintain the credit and debit account as well as the report. Once in three months, a common meeting as per the directions of the Vicar is to be convened with a general Secretary to oversee the conduct of the meeting.
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