Good Friday service was conducted in English for the first time on 01-04-1988 by the Rev. Dr. M. V. Abraham who prepared the Good Friday service book in English.
Deacon Joe Joseph Kuruvilla, a member of our parish, was ordained as a priest by the then Diocesan Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Irenaeus Episcopa on 11-07-1988. (He was the first member of our parish to be ordained as a priest).
On 27-11-1988, the Edavaka Sangham adopted the constitution of the St. Thomas Mar Thoma Seniors’ Fellowship. The Seniors’ Fellowship started functioning as a recognized organization in the Kaisthana Samithi from 1988-89.