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The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) [7] also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) [8] or simply as the Malankara Church, [9] is an autocephalous [10] [11] [4] Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. It serves India's Saint Thomas Christian (also known as Nasrani) population.
The Malankara Orthodox Church recognizes him as a living saint of his time on earth. [2] Mar Dionysius VI and his fellow clergies have played a central role in elevating the primate of Malankara Orthodox Church to the title Catholicos of the East. By establishing the Catholicate in Malabar, the visionary Metropolitan succeeded in defending the ...
The Episcopal throne of Patriarch is the throne of St. Peter, while the throne of Malankara Church is that of St. Thomas. Malankara Church is as old as the Church in Antioch, equal in status, and both are independent. A meeting was convened by the Maharaja of Travancore, before the final verdict was given, Athanasius testified that,
St. Peter's and St. Paul's Malankara Orthodox Church also known as Parumala Pally is a famous church in Kerala, India. This church is located in Parumala in Thiruvalla Taluk In Pathanamthitta district and is a pilgrimage center and mausoleum of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church .
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church that uses the West Syriac Rite in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
St. Dionysius Orthodox Church is an Indian Orthodox church in the city of Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is the first church dedicated to the sacred memory of Saint Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril, the third proclaimed saint of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. It is the largest Indian Orthodox church in the Arab region.
St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Syrian Church or 'Kolenchery Church' (Malayalam: കോലഞ്ചേരി പള്ളി) is a Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church church situated in Kolenchery, in Ernakulam, Kerala, India. It was built by Thankan Mappila of the Kolenchery House in 9th century CE (7th century in Malayalam Calendar). [1]
They were known as Malabar Nasrani people and their church as Malankara Church. They followed a unique Hebrew-Syriac Christian tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs. In Malankara (Kerala) St. Thomas did not appoint any bishops, but an elder (Mooppen in Malayalam) was selected to lead the people. The parish leader ...