The funeral of late Mar KP Yohannan Metropolitan will be held on the 21st of this month at the church headquarters in Thiruvalla. From America, the physical body will arrive at Kochi Airport and from there it will be taken to Thiruvalla as a mourning journey. Now according to the information received from the headquarters of the Williver’s Church, the physical body of Mar Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan will be put on display for public viewing on the 20th.
On the 20th night and day, public visit will be arranged at a specially prepared place in the church headquarters. Then the funeral will be held on the 21st. The preparations for that have already started. The funeral will be held at the Stern Cathedral Church of Thiruvalla. Presidents of various churches in India, hundreds of bishops, representatives of the church from different countries, leaders in the field of political administration will participate in the funeral services. The cultural sisrushas will end with special ceremonies lasting a day
As mentioned earlier, KP Yohannan was the founder and first bishop of the Believers Church that grew and spread all over the world. We have seen movements and congregations that have taken centuries and built up the efforts of many thousands of other churches and religious institutions. But one person, KP Yohanan, stepped forward and built the strongest Christian church in the world during his lifetime. Even financially, KP Yohanan acquired institutions, plantations and assets worth thousands of crores for the church.
When he left, he left nothing in his name and in the name of his family and gave everything to the church and returned with clean hands. There was a lot of criticism and opposition when the Believers Church was built by KP Yohanan. The truth is that when he reared the church with the horns of this criticism, he did not put anything into his own pocket.
KP Yohannan’s successor will find his dead body after the cremation. For this purpose, the Synod of Bishops, consisting of about 15 bishops, will convene a special convention. At present an administrative panel of 9 member senior bishops has been constituted. It is headed by the head of the Madras Bhadrasanam. The current 9-member administration committee will carry out the administrative affairs until the burial of KP Yohannan Metra Politha and the selection of the next chief.
Under the leadership of Malankara Marthomma Suryani Church President Suffragan Metropolitan and Joseph Mar Barnabas, 20 members reached the Team Believers Church headquarters today and offered prayers. It will take 8-10 days to complete the procedures in the United States and bring the physical body back home. KP Yohannan was out for a morning walk when he was hit by a car and run over. He used to walk in the church campus regularly.
But on the day of the accident, contrary to usual, he was going outside for a walk on the road. At this time, the car which came at a speed of 100 kmph hit him and pushed him. He suffered severe head and chest injuries. The internal bleeding was stopped during the operation, but KP Yohannan lost his life due to a sudden heart attack. But some online media alleging mystery behind this are spreading baseless news/
The crashed car did not stop. The person who was driving the car himself got out of the car and stopped the vehicles coming behind him and informed them about the accident. The person who caused the accident called the police and called an ambulance to save the life of the metropolitan. Within 5 minutes of the accident, the police airlifted him to the hospital. The metropolitan suffered serious head and body injuries and underwent emergency surgery.
The bleeding in the lungs was stopped. The members of the church waited with hope but the villain was finally heart attack. There were severe fractures of the limbs as well. People from all walks of life came to the church headquarters in Thiruvalla Kutupuzha to join in the grief.
