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New CSI Moderator Elected

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Bishop Devakadasham, newly elected Moderator of CSI..

 

Bishop Gnanasigamony Devakadasham, head of Kanyakumari diocese, has been elected Moderator of the Church of South India.

Bishop Devakadasham, currently the deputy Moderator, defeated Bishop V Devasahayam , head of Chennai diocese by winning 219 votes against the 125 secured by the latter at the meeting of the CSI synod, the highest decision making body of the Church, on Friday at Kanyakumari.

According official spokesperson of the Church here, the 61 year old Bishop Devakadasham joined the service of the Church in 1971 and was ordained a priest on January 11, 1981. He was consecrated Bishop in 2001 and took charge as the fifth Head of Kanyakumari diocese. He became the deputy moderator of the Church on January 14, 2009. The installation ceremony for the two year term of Bishop Devakadasham will be held on Monday, official spokesman said Bishop G Dyvasirvadam head of Krishna-Godavari diocese (Andhra Pradesh) who defeated P Surya Prakash, head of Karimnagar diocese (Andhra Pradesh), is the new deputy Moderator.

M M Philip (Central Kerala diocese) has been elected General Secretary of the Synod for the consecutive second term. An architect, Mr Philip also functions as the secretary. CSI Trust Association and president, Council for World Mision South Asia Region. Currently he is on the Governing Councils of the Ludhiana and Vellore Christian Medical Colleges. He is the son of Bishop (emeritus) M C Mani, former head of the Central Kerala diocese. Bennet Albert (South Kerala diocese) is the new Treasurer of the Church.

The three-day meeting of the Synod commenced on Friday at Bishop Selvamony Retreat Centre, Kanyakumari. Nearly 400 delegates including Bishops and priests from the 22 dioceses across the States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and Jaffna province in Sri Lanka are participating along with invited representatives from sister Churches across the globe in the biennial meeting. 

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Bishop David's New Year Message-Church of England

New Year is a time for predictions. Open your newspaper, or listen to the radio or TV for more than a few minutes, and someone will be talking about what will happen in 2012. Politicians set out their expectations for their policies and parties; sports commentators tell us which individuals and teams will taste success or failure; economists foretell the rise and fall of countries, companies and currencies. I guess it helps fill schedules left bare by the absence of reporters chasing up real stories, but it's all rather a waste of time.

Look back for a moment to 2011 (looking back is another New Year's habit). Twelve months ago nobody was predicting the enormous upheaval across many Arab countries. Nor do I recall hearing about the depth of crisis that would engulf the European single currency and shake the UK coalition government, or that the English rugby team would collapse in complete indiscipline. And when I look on my own personal and family life, the big things of 2011 were not ones that could have been foretold on January 1^st.

As well as teaching kindness to animals, that great saint, Francis of Assisi, told his followers that the thing that should give them the greatest pleasure is neither success nor achievement. Rather they should rejoice when they faced the unexpected, without being destroyed or embittered by it. He knew that the absolute sureness and certainty of God's love is the one thing above all others that enables human beings to come through the uncertainties and unpredictability of life's chances, and to do so with their true selves intact. Down the years countless others have shown that same resilience through faith.

So my New Year's wish and prayer for each of you is that in 2012 your faith will be strong enough to carry you through the unanticipated challenges and maybe tragedies that the year will bring. And that even in adversity nothing will extinguish the spark of joy from your life.

+David

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