Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj
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The Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj (EMSM) was established in 1895 at the instance of the then-Maharaja
of Mayurbhanj. It is a registered Non-Government Organization (NGO) in India. The society is also registered in Australia
, and has run the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home since 1982.
Maharaja
Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...
of Mayurbhanj. It is a registered Non-Government Organization (NGO) in India. The society is also registered in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and has run the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home since 1982.
See also
- Graham StainesGraham StainesDr. Graham Stuart Staines was an Australian Christian missionary who along with his two sons Philip and Timothy were burnt to death by a gang while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India on January 1999...
- Persecution of ChristiansPersecution of ChristiansPersecution of Christians as a consequence of professing their faith can be traced both historically and in the current era. Early Christians were persecuted for their faith, at the hands of both Jews from whose religion Christianity arose, and the Roman Empire which controlled much of the land...