MAR APREM 1 <-=> €x lUbtts IBctb 4+larbutIjo library The Malphono George Anton Kiraz Collection Loiil S—^SO bo. Ou^. . riO> v>^ Ll.1 s'^J3 i VlVlV ^A~> l-\mvi |oOU OJJ»D o! yl'o °11 CHAa^i Iv^_£00 ^ U^OQJO I*_i^_CD loou C-_*La« 'S^.x ). \ cr> o^. .V .X * »i£^ao,S>. -Mi.-i ^ Anyone who asks for this volume, to read, collate, or copy from it, and who appropriates it to himself or herself, or cuts anything out oi it, should realize that (s)he will have to give answer before God’s awesome tribunal as it (s)he had robbed a sanctuary, l^et such a person be held anathema and receive no forgiveness until the book is returned. So be it. Amen! And anyone who removes these anathemas, digitally or otherwise, shall himself receive them in double. AUSTRIA TO AUSTRALIA ,-=> —Ll^ooi €x libtts iBetli fHartmtlio Uibrarp The Malphono George Anton Kiraz Collection Lon' be* G.N-'iX c*X v>^ LG lv>vtv l.X m v> )oou ^>,-*5 ntiv .nmQi oj L»;_aajo ylO ^-2Li (,-3-COO 11 °l\ n ■ .-i-s )i^CO OlS* )oC*J C*JL*« j t_X_CD oSy ❖ oi^-_ao^ c*X ^_Soo< lao^ ..fvfii'.X ^ Anyone who asks for this volume, to read, collate, or copy from it, and who appropriates it to himself or herself, or cuts anything out of it, should realize that (s)he will have to give answer before God’s awesome tribunal as if (s)he had robbed a sanctuary. l>et such a person be held anathema and receive no forgiveness until the book is returned. So be it, Amen! And anyone who removes these anathemas, digitally or otherwise, shall himself receive them in double. AUSTRIA TO AUSTRALIA ■ AUSTRIA TO AUSTRALIA A travelogue of five foreign tours in the year 2000 Dr. MAR APREM THRISSUR, KERALA, INDIA 2001 Austria to Australia (English ) Travelogue Author: Most Rev. Dr. Mar Aprem B.D., M.Th., S.T.M., D.Th. Metropolitan’s Palace, Thrissur - 680 001, Kerala, India (Phone: 0487 - 420978) E-mail: [email protected] Copyright : Author Date of Publication: 30"' May 2001 No. of Copies : 1,000 No. of pages : 104 Printed at : MAR NARSAI PRESS, High Road, Thrissur - 680 001 Published by MAR NARSAI PUBLICATIONS, High Road, Thrissur - 680 001 Price : Rs.50/- (India) $ 3 (Outside India) Andrews Computer Graphics, Cover Design : Thrissur - 680 005. DTP : digitech dtp, Koratty - 680 308. CONTENTS Page Detailed Outline.6 Foreword .11 Preface .16 Chapter 1. Vienna.23 2. Nice to London.32 3. Third Visit to Australia.37 4. New Zealand.47 5. Amsterdam.54 6. USA & Italy...70 7. Hofgeismar Seminar.82 BOOKS BY MAR APREM.94 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.96 PHOTOGRAPHS.97 DETAILED OUTLINE CHAPTER 1 Vienna pages 23-31 28 Feb 2,000. Kochi to Bombay. Meeting the Church members in Bombay. The need of deacon in that parish. Air France incentive to postpone flight. Vienna, Palloti House Pro Oriente. 95-yer-old Cardinal Koenig. Fr. Elie Khalife, Fr. Johan Bonny, Prof. Peter Hoffrichter. Dr. D. Winkler, Ambassador William Habib. Dr. Sebastian Brock, Raze/ Roze. Turabdin. Ventimiglia. Albert Arisi. A ballad on Mar Awgin CHAPTER 2 Nice to London_pages 32-36 Flight of one hour. London. Archdeacon Yonan Yonan, Deacon Havel Michael, Deacon Ezaria, Sushela, Dr. N.V. George. Qurbana at St. Mary’s Church, Hanvell on March 12, 2000. Breakfast at Assyrian Hall, Eshaya Chemmani’s death. Victor E. Vales. Hanna, wife of Rabbi Aprim Kelaita. Dr.Lazar, son of Archdeacon Kaku Lazar. British Library. Huge concrete structure. Frankleen and her husband Varghese (my nephew). 5-year membership card. Recommendation letter from Dr.Sebastian Brock. Karl Marx. Exhibition of 1000 years of English literature. Computer Catalogue. 7 books written by Mar Aprem (1940- ). Indian Orthodox Syrian Church. Dr. Joe Philips of Preston, Dr.Roopa Kurien, Dr. Roshen, Dr.P.P.Kurien. Dr. Joy Paul. Assyrians. Deacon Bawai de Matran. Photographs of Deacon (later Rev) Joseph Kelaita making Syriac fonts in Trichur in 1920. Fr. Esthapanose Turkhan. .Milta Assyrian word processor. My laptop. CHAPTER 3 Third Visit to Australia pages 37- 46 1987, 1989, 2000. Sydney and Melbourne. Archdeacon Kiwarkis 6