P.C. Yohannan Ramban Passed away ; Condolence from Seddac Society
Born in an agrarian family
in Pampady as the fourth of five sons, he was called to
spiritual service by the late Kuriakose Mar Gregorios
Metropolitan, one of the declared saints of the Orthodox
Church, at an early age. At the age of 22, he was ordained
a priest by his spiritual guide and mentor himself. He was
elevated as Ramban (abbot) of the Mar Kuriakose Dayara in
1983. Yohannan Ramban was active in public life, being the
member of the Managing Committee of the Orthodox Church,
president of the Kerala State Orphanages Association,
general convener of the Kerala Madya Virudha Munnani and
head of Asha Kiran, a rehabilitation centre for
AIDS-afflicted persons. He was also instrumental in the
founding of Abhaya Bhavan, a home for the destitute;
Balabhavan, home for destitute children; Mar Ivanios ITC;
BMM English Medium School and Kuriakose Gregorios (KG)
College in the close vicinity of the Dayara. He had led
many an agitation against government’s liquor policies.
His active public life also
earned him friends and well-wishers across the various
Christian denominations and outside his community. His was
a powerful voice in ecumenical and inter-religious
discourses and he was a well wisher of all charity
programs implemented for the well being of community. |