Association of women in the Malankara Orthodox Church with Blessed Virgin Saint Mary as the patron Saint. ‘Martha’ is the feminine form of ‘Mar’ which means Saint in Syriac language. It is a vibrant association of the women and depends on the intercession of Holy and Ever Virgin Saint Mary, the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Samajam mainly aims at spiritual growth of women.
This is the Women’s wing of the Church. It is one of the major spiritual organization of the church combining all the female members
The founders named it “Marth Mariam Samajam” after the Blessed Virgin Mary whom they accepted as their interceding saint.
The motto is Prayer, Act & Shine (Prarthikkuka, Pravarthikkuka, Prakasikkuka) Activities :
The group conducts weekly meeting at the church after the Sunday service. Some of the basic objectives of this includes the following
1. Training women to conduct prayer meetings, to lead prayer, Bible classes, fellowship meetings and to preach the gospel.
2. Preparing women to have theological training.
3. Training women to have social awareness, participation in political activities., Decision-making at every level.
4. Attempts to find out women’s potentials to a greater extent.
