{"id":1368,"date":"2014-04-20T16:16:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T10:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2016-06-14T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T05:21:22","slug":"tenkasi-north-zion-nagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Tenkasi North &#8211; Zion Nagar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>TENKASI NORTH ZION NAGAR PASTORATE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ZION NAGAR CHURCH \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Contact : o4633 280099 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3794\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3794\" src=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Zion Nagar\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zion Nagar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The members of Tenkasi Pastorate who had to settle down in Housing Board Colony, Sivanthi nagar, Sakthi nagar colonies felt that they should have a Church nearby for worship.\u00a0 In 1997 Rev.KN Jesudason started Sunday service in the house of Mr. Edwin Arputharaj in Housing Board Colony and another in the house of Mr. Kanagaraj in Sivanthi nagar. Mr. Sadhu Sundersingh was appointed as the first Catechist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">After a few\u00a0 months\u00a0 both worship groups decided to build a Church and bought 27 cent piece of land with willing donations offered by the members.\u00a0 A tin-roofed church was built under the headship of Rev. Gnanaraj and dedicated on 13.12.1998 by the Clergy Secretary Rev. Pitchamuthu.\u00a0 Later a bigger church was built with a parish hall in the ground floor and church in the first floor, which was dedicated by the Rt.Rev. Jeyapaul David on 30.12.2007.Since 01.04.2009 Tenkasi North Zion Nagar has become a Pastorate with Rev. Sutherson was the first Pastorate Chairman with 150 familes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ZION TABERNACLE, DURAISAMYPURAM, IDAIKAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3795\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3795\" src=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duraichami-puram-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Duraisamypuram\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duraichami-puram-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duraichami-puram-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duraisamypuram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Christian in Duraisamypuram had been trekking to Kadaiyanallur, Senkottai and other places for worship. Duraisamypuram is 7 kms away from Tenkasi Zion nagar church.. In May 2010 a thatched tabernacle was erected in a rented piece of land and warship was started by Rev. ID Stephen, Council Chairman of North Council. Unfortunately, in a few months that thatched shed was destroyed due to natural calamities and Service was conducted in rented buildings.\u00a0 Then the members from Zion nagar church took initiative to purchase 5 cents of land with their generous giving. There a church was built and dedicated by the Rt.Rev. JJ Christdoss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MARK\u2019S CHURCH, KASIMAJOR PURAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In 1990, there were few Christian families at Kasimajorpuram used to go to Courtalam Church.\u00a0 Then they decided to start a worship centre<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3796\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kasimajarpuram.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1368]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3796\" src=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kasimajarpuram-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kasimajor puram\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kasimajarpuram-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kasimajarpuram-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kasimajor puram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">at\u00a0Kasimajorpuram and started worship with ten families. They started worshiping at Mrs. Anbu Ponnammal\u2019s home. Then they have built a church in 2003 in the Diocese land at Kasimajorpuram with the donations from Mr. David Packiaraj and dedicated it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENKASI NORTH ZION NAGAR PASTORATE ZION NAGAR CHURCH \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastorates","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tenkasi North - Zion Nagar -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tenkasi North - Zion Nagar -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TENKASI NORTH ZION NAGAR PASTORATE ZION NAGAR CHURCH \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-20T10:46:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-14T05:21:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church-300x214.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"peace-admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"peace-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368\",\"name\":\"Tenkasi North - Zion Nagar -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church-300x214.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-20T10:46:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-14T05:21:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f1a9bbfb4971c45f51f8cb4cae402bdb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Zions-Church.jpg\",\"width\":628,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Zion Nagar\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/?p=1368#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/csitirunelveli.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tenkasi North &#8211; 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