Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America

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Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America
AbbreviationDS-WA
Primate
Tax status
[501(c)(3)][4]
Official websitehttp://www.ds-wa.org/
Slogan"Let your deeds glorify your Father in Heaven"
The Diocesan headquarter is located in Beasley, TX

The Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America, sometimes referred to as the Southwest Diocese or DS-WA is a

U.S. states, and Canada.[5]

History

American diocese

The American diocese was established in 1979 by

Mathews Barnabas
was enthroned as metropolitan in 1993. In 2002, Zachariah Nicholovos was appointed as the assistant metropolitan.

Formation of the Southwest Diocese

The Diocese was formed by order number 145/2009 signed by the

Didymus I on 1 April 2009.[6][7] Barnabas and Nicholovos were appointed to the Northeast American Diocese and Alexios Eusebius
was appointed the Southwest Diocese.

According to order number 01/2017,

Thomas Ivanios
was appointed as the permanent Diocesan Metropolitan bringing an end to the temporary administrative set up that lasted for over five years.

Today

As of April 2020, there are 63 churches in the southwest diocese.[9]

Diocesan metropolitan

Assistant metropolitan

List of Diocesan Metropolitan
Name Start End Notes
American Diocese Formed
Thomas Makarios
 		1979 1991 Founder and first Metropolitan of American Diocese
Mathews Barnabas
 		1993 2011 Enthroned as the Second metropolitan of the American Diocese. The American Diocese split into the Northeast American Diocese and Southwest American Diocese in 2009
Southwest Diocese Formed
Alexios Eusebius 2009 2017 First Metropolitan of the current Southwest American Diocese. Relinquished duties in 2017.
Zacharias Aprem
 		2017 2022 Assistant Metropolitan from 20 September 2017 - October 31 2022[10]
Thomas Ivanios
 2022 Present

References

  1. ^ "His Grace Thomas Mar Ivanios Metropolitan". Archived from the original on 28 October 2022.
  2. ^
    U.S. Census Bureau. Note that the city of Houston stated in 1996 that
    : "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
  3. ^ "Diocesan Admin". www.ds-wa.org.
  4. ^ Schwencke, Ken; Tigas, Mike; Wei, Sisi; Glassford, Alec; Suozzo, Andrea; Roberts, Brandon (9 May 2013). "Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Diocese Of South West America - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica.
  5. ^ "Parishes." Diocese of South-West America. Retrieved on 27 October 2011.
  6. ^ "AboutUS". ds-wa.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Diocese of South West America |". mosc.in. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ Mar Aprem, Zacharias (28 September 2017). "Kalpana No.01/2017" (PDF). DS-WA.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Parishes : Malankara Orthodox Directory".
  10. ^ "Metropolitan".

Further reading

Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer. (n.d.). (n.p.): Liturgical Resource Development.

Konat, J. A. (n.d.). Service Book of the Holy Qurbono: English with Commentary & Malayalam with Transliteration. (n.p.): Malankara Orthodox Church Publications.

Y. M. A., Irenaios, Y. M. (2017). A Study of the Experience of the Unspeakable and Its Manifestations in Selected Mystic Saints and Holy Persons in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. India: SFS Publications.

The Book of Common Prayer of the Syrian Church. (2005). United States: Gorgias Press.

Krikorian, M. K. (2010). Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Christology in the Tradition of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Austria: Peter Lang.

External links

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