On 2nd November 2016, five members from different Jain organisations, travelled from London to Vatican City at the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID) to attend a general Audience with HH Pope Francis on the following day. The group was welcomed by Reverend Father Santiago who is in charge of also the[…]
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25th September 2016 The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the international Jain organisation that is an umbrella body for UK Jain community organisations, is delighted to announce that on 22 September 2016, the Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) was established in the House of Commons, London. The APPG is a grouping of parliamentarians from both houses[…]
IOJ Education Team Paryushan 2016 Activities Requests began to reach IOJ Education Team from early 2016 for lectures and workshops for Paryushan. Preparation started in earnest for the various activities from Spring onwards and finally delivered during August-September 2016. The first of the activities was with Oshwal Association UK (OAUK South Area). They requested the[…]
The UK Branch of Heavenly Culture, World Peace & Restoration of Light recently had held two meetings of various faith leaders for a dialogue on understanding the scriptures of different faiths. The main points for the discussion were: Origins of scriptures and how and when these were committed to writing Origin of the faith, cause[…]
The Institute is pleased to announce that there is also another Jain who has been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Bharat Maganlal Mehta, formerly of Nairobi, Kenya has been awarded CBE for services to Finance in the Charity and Voluntary sectors. This follows the award of OBE 15 years ago. Such double[…]
The Board of Directors of the institute of Jainology are delighted to announce that their Deputy Chairman, Dr Harshad N Sanghrajka, was awarded MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for services to the community and inter-faith work. Harshadbhai Sanghrajka retired from a successful career with IBM 20 years ago and has since devoted his life as an[…]
Sunday 8th May 2016 marked a landmark event in London that honoured the rich heritage of different cultures, the spirit of solidarity, and the universal goal of love. On this day, at the historic Union Chapel in Islington, Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur UK (SRMD UK), organised a unique multi-faith concert, ‘Amazing Grace’, celebrating 50 glorious[…]
Leicester: Thursday 3rd March 2016 6pm to 9pm The event was facilitated by the St Phillips Centre and held at Ramgarhia Centre in Leicester with representation from various institutions and bodies along with prominent representatives from most faith groups. The Jain community was represented by the members of Jain Samaj Europe (JSE) on behalf of OneJAIN[…]
London 28th February 2016 Saturday, 27th February 2016 dawned with the very sad news of the demise of Shree Bipinchandra Babulal Mehta precisely at 06:14 AM. He was in the hospital for the last few days where he had a successful surgical procedure which turned into complications during recovery. He left for the heavenly abode[…]
The 2015 Ahimsa Day was celebrated on Wednesday 14th October 2015 at the House of Commons in the Grand Committee Room No 10.The program format evolved over the years was followed this year as well. The Secretary of State for the Communities & Local Government, Rt Hon Greg Clark was to be the Chief[…]