St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Tumkur

St GREGORIOS ORTHODOX CHURCH TUMKUR ——OVER THE YEARS

70 km from Bangalore on Pune Bombay highway is situated a small developing city called Tumkur where few orthodox members resided. It was in 1989 the Orthodox Service started in Tumkur. The first Holy Qurbana was celebrated in CSI Church by Rev Fr Abraham Marett   (Very. Rev. Abraham Marett Cor-Episcopa) then Vicar of St Thomas Church Bangalore East. Later Holy Qurbana was offered by Rev Fr Abraham Marett only during public holidays in CSI Boys Home Hall.

Only In 1991 When Rev John C Varghese (H.G. Dr. Yuhanon Mar Chrisostomos Metropolitan) came to Bangalore for his studies, regular Sunday Worship started.

In 1992 one of the members Mr. A I Kurian donated his plot of land for church building, adjacent plot of land was purchased by members for the same and on 26th June 1993   foundation stone was laid in the name of St. Gregorios of Parumala by HG Zachariah Mar Dionysius the Metropolitan of Madras Diocese and Rev Fr Abraham Marett was declared as the Vicar on 1st January 1994 with only seven families as members. By the grace of God , under the able leadership of Rev  Fr Abraham Marett and by the untiring efforts of members and support from sister churches, the church was consecrated and dedicated by H G Thomas Mar Timotheus the  Metropolitan of Malabar  Diocese on 7th May 1995. On 1st Nov 1996 foundation stone was laid for constructing a parsonage which was dedicated on 1st Nov 1997 by HG Zachariah Mar Dionysius

On 1st Nov 1999 construction of a Shrine in the name of St Mary started on a plot of land on Kunigal road donated by Mr. Sakariakutty which was inaugurated by H.G. Dr. Yakoob Mar Irenaios Diocesan Metropolitan on 25th Feb 2000

To solve the residential problems faced by the students coming from Kerala and to increase the income of the church, members decided to construct a hostel. Hence the adjacent  site was purchased and  a hostel with 6 rooms was constructed and dedicated by H.G. Dr. Yakoob Mar Irenaios Diocesan  Metropolitan on 26th June  2000                                       Till  Feb 2005   Very Rev   Abraham Marett Cor Episcopa    was the vicar .

In his period Rev Sabu Kuriakose (then Bishop H.G. Dr. Zacharias Mar Aprem Metropolitan), Rev V M Abraham (then Bishop H.G. Dr. Abraham Mar Seraphim Metropolitan- present Diocesan Metropolitan), Rev Fr Shaji M John, Rev Fr Ashby Alexander, and Rev Fr Jinesh Varkey served as Asst. Vicar.

On 10th March 2005 Rev Fr Roy M Philip was appointed as the Vicar .He served till Dec 2008.  Followed by him were Rev Fr K M Jacob, Rev Fr Mani, and Rev Fr Joshua Abraham.

In 2013 Rev Fr K M Jacob was again appointed as Vicar and Rev Fr Jinu Chacko and Rev Fr Bijoy served as Asst. Vicar.

In 2015 Rev. Fr. Bijoy Sakhariah was appointed as vicar and from February 2017 Rev Fr Nitin V Rajan is the vicar under whose able leadership a new shrine in the name of St. Mary, St. George, St. Thomas and St Gregorios was consecrated and dedicated by Diocesan Metropolitan H G Dr Abraham Mar Seraphim on 28th Aug 2017

Seeking the intercession of St. Gregorios of Parumala, our church grew every year. With a mind full of thanks, we bow our head to our great intercessor St Gregorios of Parumala and pray to our everlasting living Lord to continue to empower us with the Holy Spirit.