{"id":1383,"date":"2025-05-12T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:00:44","slug":"youth-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/youth-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Youth-Association-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Youth Association (JSOYA) is the official youth wing of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. It plays a vital role in nurturing the spiritual, social, and cultural development of young members within the church community. Founded on the principles of faith, fellowship, and service, JSOYA organizes regular prayer meetings, Bible studies, charity work, and leadership training programs. The association encourages youth to actively participate in church activities, deepen their spiritual lives, and develop a strong Christian identity. Through its dynamic initiatives, JSOYA fosters unity among the youth and prepares them to be responsible, faith-driven individuals who contribute positively to the church and society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>St. Thomas JSO Church London Youth Association<\/strong> is actively led by two vibrant youth wings: the <strong>Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Youth Association (JSOYA)<\/strong> and the <strong>Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Students Movement (JSOSM- <\/strong>the student&nbsp;wing and it was formed to bring together Jacobite Orthodox&nbsp;church students and&nbsp;to initiate&nbsp; in them brotherly love<strong>)<\/strong>  Under the spiritual guidance of <strong>Fr. Geevarghese Thandayath (Vicar\/President)<\/strong> and <strong>Fr. Basil Benny (Assistant Vicar)<\/strong>, the youth initiatives are well-coordinated and spiritually grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In JSOYA, <strong>Shaun Philip<\/strong> serves as Secretary with <strong>Glen Siril<\/strong> as Joint Secretary, supported by <strong>Joel Jobi Ittan<\/strong> (Treasurer), <strong>Diya James<\/strong> (Central Committee Member), and <strong>Angel Cyril<\/strong> and <strong>John Sabu<\/strong> (Committee Members). <strong>Alen Siril<\/strong> plays a key role as the Youth Vice President and also serves in the Church Managing Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Youth Association (JSOYA) is the official youth wing of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. It plays a vital role in nurturing the spiritual, social, and cultural development of young members within the church community. Founded on the principles of faith, fellowship, and service, JSOYA organizes regular prayer meetings, Bible studies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1987,"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions\/1987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stthomasjsoclondon.org\/jsocldn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}