Saturday, March 11, 2023

Jesus of the gospels and me, a disciple or ....

Am Pankiras, son of late Mr. Arulappan and Mrs. Lenamma of Erayumanthurai, born on 28th January 1955 (10.05.1955), a 'priest', a title, am ill at ease with, since 22nd December 1980. 

The name: Since my entry in the seminary in 1971, i was called Pancretius, a Latinized form of the name in Tamil. In English it is Pancras in whose name there is a famous railway station in London as well as a muncipality in which V.K.Krishnamenon St Pancras Borough Councillor 1934 - 1947, besides the novel 'Fabiola' by English Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman depicting a number of martyrdom accounts and legends of real-life Christian saints like Agnes, Sebastian, Pancras (Pancratius) among others into the fictitious story.