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| ABOUT KNANAYA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY |
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As we did elsewhere in the world,
Knanayites stepped into the Persian Gulf also long back. We were part of
all the developments in this region. However, unlike in many other
parts of the world, we did not have enough opportunities to effectively
unite and to preserve our culture and heritage. But the socio cultural
scenario prevailing in this region compelled us to maintain frequent
visit and contacts with our native land, which helped us to preserve our
religious beliefs and heritage to a great extend.
Way back in 1990, few Knanaya Catholics in Abu Dhabi met
and decided to conduct a family get-together. Similarly members of the
Knanaya Catholic community at Sharjah Dubai, Al Ain & Ral Al Khaimah
also joined together and conducted get-together. Periodic meetings of
all these units are being held regularly and all the units are now
functioning effectively.
In order to coordinate the activities of all these five units
we have formed the KNANAYA CATHOLICS COORDINATION COMMITTEE-UAE, in
1998. Under the leadership of this committee, for the past seven years,
we conduct get-together every year around Christmas/New Year in one of
the Emirates, as a full day event. The basic objective of this meeting
is to enable the Knanaya Catholics living all around UAE to know each
other and to promote cultural and traditional programs of the members.
Similar units are also established and functioning in other
countries of the Middle East. It was the long cherished desire of all
the Knanaya Catholics all over the Middle East to come under a common
umbrella for effective coordination and to promote our unity and
heritage. This dream has come true early this year.
THE KNANAYA CATHOLICS MIDDLE-EAST COGRESS KCC-ME) was formed
on January 21, 2005 on the occasion of the Knanaya Catholics Middle
East Convention, held at Ajman, UAE with the blessings of our Arch
Bishop Mar Mathew Moolakkatt OSM, and the presence of Sri.Thampi
Erumelikara, the then General Secretary of Knanaya Catholic Congress. It
is formed as an independent body, chaired by the then Chief
Co-ordinator of Knanaya Catholics Coordination committee-UAE, Mr.Abraham
Raju Oril and was attended by the Presidents & members of other
units in the Middle East East countries/Emirates.
The Units affiliated to this Committee are:
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Abu Dhabi |
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Sharjah |
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Dubai |
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Al Ain |
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Ras Al Khaimah,in UAE |
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Sultanate of Oman-Salalah |
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KSA-Riyadh |
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KSA-Jeddah |
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Kuwait |
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Qatar |
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Bahrain |
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Sultanate of Oman-Muscat. |
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