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Saji george

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Jan 28, 2010, 12:50:05 AM1/28/10
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Hai,iam saji, and iam living in qatar,i want know about our
population.somebody telling knanaya population is only 75000(jacobite)
and catholic is 160000.so i want know our populatiom.iam living in
abroad so i dont know about population,churches.if anybody know please
send me.regards,saji

Mathew Puthiamadathil

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Jan 28, 2010, 6:55:17 AM1/28/10
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Our strength is estimated to be around 30,000 and Knanaya catholics are around 170,000.  If we continue the current patterns, we will be down to 15,000 in about 25 years.
 
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Mathew

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Jan 28, 2010, 6:03:45 PM1/28/10
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We could come up with an approximation of our population by counting
the members in each of our churches.

I will start with my church (St. Mary's Knanaya Church, Philadelphia).
We have around 250 members

Regards
Binu Mathew

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Jan 29, 2010, 12:44:56 AM1/29/10
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75000 seems too much an inflated figure. It is a harsh fact that our strength is dwindling at a rapid rate and recently some unofficial records suggested that we have shrunk to less than 40000. The veracity of the number is not corroborated though. I think the time is ripe to carry out a Samudaya Census which could atleast create an awareness among our community members.

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CHINCHU PUNNUSSERIL

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Jan 29, 2010, 2:04:02 AM1/29/10
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thank 4 asking me ! i got information about this knanaya jacobites are above in 115000........



roby stephen

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Jan 29, 2010, 2:10:31 AM1/29/10
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and probably in another 10 more years , we will be taken over by World Wild Life Organization as Endangered species

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roby stephen

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Jan 29, 2010, 2:27:22 AM1/29/10
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Dear Saji,
 
This information can be had more accurately if you check with Apraem Seminary Chingavanam wiht our Chief Metropolitan's office and the same regarding Knanaya Catholics can be had from their Araman in Kottayam where there has to be a centralized data giving details about total number rather than total members.
 
Warm regards
 
Roby Stephen


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Tinto chacko

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Jan 29, 2010, 5:16:40 AM1/29/10
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this  is  absolutely  wrong   estimation  and    i  disagree. this    makes  some   hidden  agenda  of   somebody or  for  misunderstand  our  youth,  bcs  it  seems  like  more than   50000.  we  no  need to  blame  our  self  abt   community's  population  bcs   as   a   youth,   we  have   also  a  vital    role
   for the  purpose    communitys  growth,  i  mean    unity  is   the  strength   wihch  can  lead   our  community  for   the   bright   future. so  lets   pray  and  work   for  samudayam


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Our strength is estimated to be around 30,000 and Knanaya catholics are around 170,000.  If we continue the current patterns, we will be down to 15,000 in about 25 years.
 
Mathew puthiamadathil


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Subject: [Knanaya Family] Knanaya population
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Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:50 AM

Hai,iam saji, and iam living in qatar,i want know about our
population.somebody telling knanaya population is only 75000(jacobite)
and catholic is 160000.so i want know our populatiom.iam living in
abroad so i dont know about population,churches.if anybody know please
send me.regards,saji

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tinku raju

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Jan 29, 2010, 1:03:12 PM1/29/10
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HI,
 
As per my knowledge, it will come in and around 40000 for jacobite
 and  nearly 200000 catholic. so please check it .
 
Reg
Tinku kovoor

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seni chacko

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Jan 29, 2010, 5:20:06 PM1/29/10
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these are all our estimations did any one checked ????????????????????


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roby stephen

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Jan 30, 2010, 5:12:52 AM1/30/10
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Dear Chinchu,
 
I have some apprehension on this figure . Could you please authenticate this by disclosing  the source from which you got this information. The right agency that can give this figure , in my belief should be our Samudaya Head quarters at Chingavanam where defenitely a compendium of all churches' strength should be available.
 
Warm regards
 
Roby Stephen

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Saju Kannankuzhayathu

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Jan 30, 2010, 1:58:37 PM1/30/10
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 Monachayan, with regard to your comments, perhaps "habits" would have been a far better and an appropriate verbiage than the word "patterns".

I hope at least by now you have realized the flip side of the democratic ecclesiasticism.


If our last generation would have realized it, we would have certainly been in a much better position, than, what and where, we are now today,as a community!. 

In a decision making process, Criticism is an essential element to be constructive, but it should not certainly be destructive as always have been in our community.

Knanya Catholoics, of course criticize their policy and they do it for a Constructive Purpose, but we on the other side do it only for destructive purpose in every aspect, purely and mostly for leveraging and  promoting the selfishness of the  propagandist's
 
 "private agendas".

Should I have to say, when and where we started this? A honest past-assessment is not too late, if you truly love this community.

Don't blame any of our Metropolitans, they can't do anything, if we don't let them do anything, I mean anything at all. If we don't let our Metropolitans do anything to the community, the root cause is you and me and the history will repeat and then, when the each Metroploitans turn is over, we can repeat again and again, the same old saying what we said in the recent past.

            "How great was our Clemis Metropolitan!"

Hope your family and you are keeping well.
 
Take Care and Try To Be Constructive!  

Thank You


Saju  




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Our strength is estimated to be around 30,000 and Knanaya catholics are around 170,000.  If we continue the current patterns, we will be down to 15,000 in about 25 years.
 
Mathew puthiamadathil

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Soju Thomas

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Dear Brethern,
 
Please don't get confused... kindly refer   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knanaya.,  which has more accurate information.  The population details are as follows :
 
  • Knanaya Jacobite: 100,000
  • Knanaya Catholic: 140,000
  • Knanaya Pentacostal: 50,000
 
In all over 260,200 Knanaya Christian Jews continue in the ancient Hebrew-Christian tradition. 
 
My dear brothers, It seems the above update is of  2002 - 2003.   DEFINITELY OUR SAMUDAYAM/CHURCH IS NOT GROWING/INCREASING...  IN FACT DAY BY DAY IT IS DECLINING... AND MAY BE  15 TO 25 YEARS DOWN THE LINE OUR NUMBERS WILL REDUCE DRASTICALLY... 
 
The reason for my observationas are as follows :
 
1)  Population of Knanaya Pentacostal is increasing day by day.,  our church should really ponder..  why People enmass are moving out of  our Traditional Faith.. to Pentacostal Teaching...   Our Leadership  should sit  and do an interospection to  find out what is our shortcoming /  what we lacks....   (rather than abusing whoever is not in terms with our traditional  faiths) 
 
Whoever objects to this statement should please lookaround  and check howmany of your own family/relatives have gone to  pentacostal faith since last 10 -15 years.
 
 
2)  Last one decade we dopte a Nuclear family.. in any single family  we will not find more than  ONE OR TWO CHILDREN. Demographically in any community with 2 Kids., there will not be  population growth.,  but NO GROWTH  i.e Stagnation.  WHEREAS in a family number of  child is ONLY ONE..  there will be NEGATIVE POPULATION GROWTH. 
 
Offlate Knanaya Catholic community  understood the Second point and they started encourging the community for more Children and the Church  Sponsor the education of every third child in a Family ...
 
 
Conclusion  :  IF OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP   IGNORES THESE ISSUES.. MAY BE 20 - 25 YEARS DOWN THE LINE..  IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN TO FOLLOW THEIR FOOTSTEPS  &  FIGHT FOR THE  POWER...  
 
Trust everybody wikll take it in the right spirit for the Community's Interest.
 
Regards
 
Soju Thomas
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Ikku

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Feb 2, 2010, 7:04:57 AM2/2/10
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Dear All,

I don`t know why people think this way. Itsu and me who make up our
community and its the duty of U and me to take care of it also. So
atleast avoid these rubbish talks and come forward and act accordingly
to make sure that the statement that Mr. Roby have quoted

"We will be taken over by World Wild Life Organization as Endangered
species"

does not occure.

And this is a small thought i wanted to share with the youth wing of
our community (Guys of my age).

Mates, its just our mistake that there are a very few educated crowd
that are living amidst us. So that will gradually bringforth a
tendency of the parents of Madams (Ladies is what i meant ah) of our
age to think of an alternative way to get their children married and
guys within ur community don`t get married in the way they wish to do
and thats the reason our population is depreciating day by day!

Once you or anyone else, for that matter decides to be successful and
starts the search for success, fortune will automatically come in and
will bring a revolution in our Community.

So buddies, just take this up as a challange and always let the KNA
Flag fly high and Live like a Royal Blood.

Rock on buddies!!!

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> and probably in another 10 more years , we will be taken over by World Wild Life Organization as Endangered species
>

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> From: Mathew Puthiamadathil <puthiama...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Knanaya Family] Knanaya population
> To: knanay...@googlegroups.com
> Date: Thursday, 28 January, 2010, 3:55 AM
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> Our strength is estimated to be around 30,000 and Knanaya catholics are around 170,000.  If we continue the current patterns, we will be down to 15,000 in about 25 years.
>  
> Mathew puthiamadathil
>

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> From: Saji george <sajigeorg...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Knanaya Family] Knanaya population
> To: "Knanaya Family" <knanay...@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:50 AM
>
> Hai,iam saji, and iam living in qatar,i want know about our
> population.somebody telling knanaya population is only 75000(jacobite)
> and catholic is 160000.so i want know our populatiom.iam living in
> abroad so i dont know about population,churches.if anybody know please
> send me.regards,saji
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Soju Thomas

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Dear Brethern,
 
Please don't get confused... kindly refer   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knanaya.,  may be which has more accurate information.  The population details are as follows : 
 

  • Knanaya Jacobite: 100,000
  • Knanaya Catholic: 140,000
  • Knanaya Pentacostal: 50,000
 
In all over 260,200 Knanaya Christian Jews continue in the ancient Hebrew-Christian tradition. 
 
My dear brothers, It seems the above update is of  2002 - 2003.   DEFINITELY OUR SAMUDAYAM/CHURCH IS NOT GROWING/INCREASING...  IN FACT DAY BY DAY IT IS DECLINING... AND MAY BE  15 TO 25 YEARS DOWN THE LINE OUR NUMBERS WILL REDUCE DRASTICALLY... 
 
The reason for my observationas are as follows :
 
1)  Population of Knanaya Pentacostal is increasing day by day.,  our church should really ponder..  why People enmass are moving out of  our Traditional Faith.. to Pentacostal Teaching...   Our Leadership  should sit  and do an interospection to  find out what is our shortcoming /  what we lacks....   (rather than abusing whoever is not in terms with our traditional  faiths) 
 
Whoever objects to this statement should please lookaround  and check howmany of your own family/relatives have gone to  pentacostal faith since last 10 -15 years.
 
 
2)  Last one decade we dopte a Nuclear family.. in any single family  we will not find more than  ONE OR TWO CHILDREN. Demographically in any community with 2 Kids., there will not be  population growth.,  but NO GROWTH  i.e Stagnation.  WHEREAS in a family number of  child is ONLY ONE..  there will be NEGATIVE POPULATION GROWTH. 
 
Offlate Knanaya Catholic community  understood the Second point and they started encourging the community for more Children and the Church  Sponsor the education of every third child in a Family ...
 
 
Conclusion  :  IF OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP   IGNORES THESE ISSUES.. MAY BE 20 - 25 YEARS DOWN THE LINE..  IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN TO FOLLOW THEIR FOOTSTEPS  &  FIGHT FOR THE  POWER...  
 
Trust everybody wikll take it in the right spirit for the Community's Interest.
 
Regards
 
Soju Thomas
Anjilimoottil
 

 

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Knanaya Pentacostal ???

 

It is new knowledge for me. So if somebody married from them, they continue as a knanaya catholic.....

 

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JAMES JOHN

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Dear Remi Vattakkalam,
Haven't you heard about Knanaya Petacosts?. This is a new sect within the Pentacosts emerged in the last 10 years. These Pentacosts would marry only from Knanites especially from knanaya Jacobites. They know very well that they wouldn't get any boys and girls from Knanaya Catholics. The losers are Knanaya Jacobites. Here we see even Pentacosts wants Knanaya heritage and tradition. Just imagine the value of Knanaya and how important it is and we should be proud of it.

Sincerely,
James Vattaparambil,
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Hi,
I think the numbers listed below are not correct. could you please provide the reference from where you took the listed numbers from? also I believe kna is not a religion. A person still is a kna as long as he does not mix with the non-knas through marriage.
his identity still remains the same. A person's faith in any religion does not matter as long as he stays as a pure kna blood. A kna can choose his faith in any religion he believes like hinduism, muslim, sikh, etc.
 

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knanaya is not a 'Religion', but a 'community'. So, whatever be the belief of the Community member, he remains to be a knanite whether Catholic, Jacobite etc. 


Please see the Definitions and the Knanaya-Law given below;

Definitions


1.       ‘Knanites’, by tradition, are the endogamous descendants of Kinai-Thoma or of a member of his team [who accompanied him to India in AD 345].

In other words,

They are those born to knanite (both) parents.

(Explanation: - One becomes a knanite by birth only. So, a non-knanite cannot become a knanite and a knanite a non-knanite.)

 

2.       ‘Knanaya Community’, by tradition, is the community of knanites not wedded to non-knanites. (Explanation: - So, though all the members of the Community are knanites, all knanites are not its members.)

 

3.       ‘Knanaya’, by tradition, is the endogamous nature and the name of the Community.

 

4.       ‘Kna’ is a short name nowadays generally used to denote the members of the knanaya community.

 

5.       ‘KANA’ is a new term used to indicate a knanite wedded to a non-knanite.

              [N.B:- ‘Community’ is used here generally to denote the knanaya community.]




‘Knanaya-LAW’ by Tradition


“To be a part / member of the Community, the knanite should not be wedded to a non-knanite.”



Philip Nedumchira








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saji philip

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Dear Mr. K.J. Philip Nedumchira,
 
    Short, but good & memorable definetion of "Knananites".  Everybody should print out this page for the future references especially when then the children ask 'what is Knanaya '? 
 
    We ought to reinforce the fact that Knanaya is not a religion , but our trade mark & tradition.  According to the ' Knanaya History' published from Hartford , we are the descendants of the tribes of Juda & Benjamin who were the children of Israel.  They had an endogamous practice even those days & that's  why we promised our relatives in Urfah , Syria (now in Turkey) before we sail to India that we would keep our promise.
 
   Even if 'Knanyaism' has no biblical evidence or support as everybody knows , I always thought it must have God's blessings otherwise we would n't be able to keep our tradition more than 1500 years. It may be his  will to the keep family line of Abraham & Jesus .  Late Mr. K.C. Idiculla Kallamparampil  has researched & wrote about our geneology in the souvenir of Knanaya convention 2005.
 
     I don't want to make this a big essay, but just to congratulate your endeavour to enlighten our spirits and expect a deep & bigger one. 
 
      Thanking you.    Your brother in Christ.   Saji Chicago
 
  
 

 


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K T MATHEW

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My dearest Brothers & Sisters,
 
In connection with the Election to Knanaya Association, we have got a clear record about the number of houses in each Parish. 
 
Total number of houses under the Knanaya Arch Diocese is about 15,000.
 
Let us assume that an average of about 5 members will be there in one family.
 
So, we are now about  ( 15,000 x  5 ) =  75,000 Members 
 
If there is an argument, and if anybody say that an average of  4 members only in one house,
then the figure will be 15,000 x 4    =  60,000 Members.
 
At last, let us come to a conclusion that we are in between 60,000 to 75,000  OK  ?
 
Thampan Thomas  ( Former Knanaya Samudaya Secretary )
Kolabhagathu House,
Venpala  P O
Thiruvalla  689  114
Mob :  + 91 944 7216 944.

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