11-06-2025
Orthodox Church to hold ‘Druxit' against drug abuse
Aimed at countering the rising menace of drug and narcotic use among youths, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church will conduct a conference, 'Druxit,' at Devalokam here on July 14 .
Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan will inaugurate the event at a function to be presided over by Church head Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III.
Dignitaries including Mar Thoma Syrian Church Nilackal diocese Bishop Joseph Mar Barnabas, CSI Madhya Kerala diocese bishop Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian, Sri Narayana Dharma Sangham Corporate Manager Swami Vishalananda and Chief Imam of Kottayam Thazhathangadi Juma Masjid Shafiq Mannani will address the gathering.
Film maker Blessy will inaugurate the first session while Divya S. Iyer, Managing Director of the Vizhinjam port, will deliver the keynote address.
Other speakers of the event include educationist Ruble Raj, social activist C. Mamachan and Varghese P. Punnoose of Kottayam Government Medical College. As a curtain-raiser to the event, the Church also plans to hold anti-drug flash mobs in Kottayam town in the coming days.
