Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
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Malankara Orthodox
Syrian Church (Indian Orthodox Church) | |
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Liturgy | West Syriac Rite (Malankara Rite) |
Headquarters | Catholicate Palace, Kottayam, Kerala, India |
Founder | Thomas the Apostle by tradition Dionysius VI[1] and Baselios Paulose I (catholicate)[2]: 285 [3] |
Origin | 1st century by tradition,[4] 1912 |
Independence | 1912 (Establishment of Catholicate)[5] |
Separated from | Syriac Orthodox Church[6]: 197 |
Branched from | Saint Thomas Christians, Malankara Church |
Separations | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (1930)[6]: 197 |
Members | 0.5 million in Kerala[7] |
Other name(s) | മലങ്കര സഭ (Malankara Church) Indian Orthodox Church |
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The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC)
The MOSC descends from the
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church accepts
Self-reporting roughly 2.5 million members (with external estimates of roughly 1 million)[20] across 30 dioceses worldwide, a significant proportion of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church's adherents reside in the southern India state of Kerala with the diaspora communities in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.[21]
History
Early history
According to tradition, Christianity first arrived in India with
During the 16th century, efforts by the
Malankara Church
Many Saint Thomas Christian chose to remain independent from the Catholic Church. Patriarch Gregorios Abdal Jaleel, the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem, witnessed the 1665 ordination of Thomas as Bishop Thoma I, who forged a renewed relationship with the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and Saint Thomas Christians, which laid the foundation for adopting West Syrian liturgy and practices over the next two centuries. Those who supported the indigenous church leader of Malankara, Thoma I, and adopted West Syrian liturgies and practices and Miaphysite faith evolved into the Malankara Church.[29][30][31][32][33]
19th century
The Arthat Padiyola declared that the administration of Malankara Church was independent and the bishops from Rome, Antioch, and Babylon had no role in the Malankara Church hierarchy, despite continued efforts to integrate the remaining independent Saint Thomas Christians into these patriarchates. In 1807, four gospels of Holy Bible in Syriac were translated to Malayalam by Kayamkulam Philipose Ramban. The Malankara Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam was established in 1815 under the leadership of Pulikottil Ittup Ramban (Mar Dionysius II). The Mavelikara Synod (Padiyola) led by Cheppad Mar Dionysius rejected the suggestions put forward by Anglican missioneries and Reformation group and declared the beliefs and theology of Malankara Church were same as the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.[citation needed]
20th century
In 1934, The Malankara Church adopted a constitution for smooth functioning of the church, parishes and institution. In 1947, Saint Gregorios of Parumala was declared as a saint by the Church. In 1952 the Official Residence of the Malankara Metropolitan and the Headquarters of Malankara Church was shifted to Devalokam from Pazhaya Seminary. In 1958, The Supreme Court declared Catholicos Baselios Geevarghese II as the legitimate Malankara Metropolitan. The two factions of the Malankara Orthodox Church rejoined. In 1964, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch participated in the enthronement ceremony of the Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan, Baselios Augen I. In 1995, the Supreme Court of India declared the MOSC constitution adopted in 1934 was valid.[citation needed]
21st century
In 2002, fresh elections were conducted in Malankara Association under the observation of Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court declared Catholicos
Hierarchy, presence and doctrine
The spiritual head of the church is the Catholicos of the East, and its temporal head is the
Liturgy and canonical hours
The church has used the
After the
Gregorios Abdal Jaleel came to Malankara from Jerusalem in 1665 and introduced Syriac Orthodox liturgical rites. The most striking characteristic of the Antiochene liturgy is its large number of anaphoras (celebrations of the Eucharist). About eighty are known, and about a dozen are used in India. All have been composed following the Liturgy of Saint James.[42]
Christians of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church pray the canonical hours of the Shehimo at fixed prayer times seven times a day.[43]
The liturgy of Mor Addai is still in use, in anaphora form, similar to the Maronite Sharar. The anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is sometimes used.
Saints
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In conformity with other Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, and also with the Catholic Church, the Malankara church adheres to the tradition of seeking the intercession of saints. Several have been canonized:
- Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala: Entombed in St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala, and canonized by Geevarghese II in 1947
- St. Thomas Church, Kothamangalam, and canonised by Geevarghese II in 1947
- Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril: Entombed in the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, and canonized by Mathews II in 2003
- Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares: Entombed in St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Ribandar, and declared a regional saint by Paulose II in 2015. (Not officially canonized a saint)[44]
- Fr. Roque Zephrin Noronah: Entombed in St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Brahmavar, and declared a regional saint by Paulose II in 2015 (Not officially canonized a saint)[45]
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Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala
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Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril
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Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares
Malankara Metropolitan
The temporal, ecclesiastical and spiritual administration of the church is vested in the Malankara Metropolitan, subject to the church constitution[46] which was adopted in 1934. The Malankara Metropolitan is president of the Malankara Syrian Christian Association (Malankara Association) and its managing committee, and trustee of community properties. He is the custodian of the Pazhaya Seminary and other common properties of Malankara Syrian Community. He is also the custodian of vattipanam interest which was deposited in Travancore Government by Marthoma VII. He is elected by the Malankara association.
List of Malankara Metropolitans
- Thoma I (1653–1670)[47]
- Thoma II (1670–1686)
- Thoma III (1686–1688)
- Thoma IV (1688–1728)
- Thoma V (1728–1765)
- Thoma VI (1765–1808)
- Thoma VII (1808–1809)
- Thoma VIII (1809–1816)
- Thoma IX (1816)
- Dionysius II (1816)
- Dionysius III (1817–1825)
- Dionysius IV (1825–1852)
- Mathews Athanasius (1852–1877)
- Dionysius V (1865–1909)[48]
- Dionysius VI (1909–1934)[49]
- Geevarghese II (1934–1964)[50] From 1934 Malankara Metropolitan also holds the office of Catholicos of the East of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
- Augen I (1964–1975), also Catholicos of the East
- Mathews I (1975–1991), also Catholicos of the East
- Mathews II (1991–2005),[51] also Catholicos of the East
- Didymos I (2005–2010), also Catholicos of the East
- Paulose II(2010–2021), also Catholicos of the East
- Mathews III (15th Oct 2021–Present), also Catholicos of the East[52][53]
Catholicate
"Catholicos" means "the general head", and can be considered equivalent to "universal bishop."[54] The early church had three priestly ranks: episcopos (bishop), priest and deacon. By the end of the third century, bishops of important cities in the Roman Empire became known as metropolitans. The fourth-century ecumenical councils recognized the authority of the metropolitan. By the fifth century, the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria and Antioch gained control of the churches in surrounding cities.[55]They gradually became the heads of the regional churches, and were known as patriarchs (common father).
Outside the Roman Empire, patriarchs were known as catholicos. There were four catholicates before the fifth century: the Catholicate of the East, the Catholicate of Armenia, the Catholicate of Georgia and the Catholicate of Albania. The archdeacons reigned from the fourth to the 16th centuries; in 1653, the archdeacon was elevated to bishop by the community as Mar Thoma I.
The Catholicate of the East was relocated to India in 1912, and Baselios Paulose I was seated on the apostolic throne of St. Thomas as the Catholicos of the East by the disposed Patriarch of Antioch Abdul Masih. The headquarters of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Catholicos of the East is the Catholicate Palace at Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, which was consecrated on 31 December 1951. The new palace, built in 1961, was dedicated by visiting Armenian Catholicos Vazgen I.
The Holy Synod and Managing committee designated H.G.Dr. Mathews Mor Severios to the new Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of Malankara Church succeeding Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. He was consecrated as the 22nd Malankara Metropolitan during the Malankara Association that took place on the 14th of October 2021 at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala and enthroned as the 9th Catholicos of Malankara Church on 15 October 2021.[8][9][10].[56]
List of Catholicos of the East of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
The list of Catholicos of the East of Malankara Church:
- Baselios Paulose I (1912–1914)
- Vacant (1914–1925)
- Baselios Geevarghese I (1925–1928)
- Baselios Geevarghese II (1929–1964)
- From 1934 Catholicos is also holding the office of Malankara Metropolitan.
- Baselios Augen I (1964–1975)
- Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I (1975–1991)
- Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II (1991–2005)
- Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I (2005–2010)
- Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II (2010–2021)
- Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III (2021–present)
Administration
Until the 17th century, the church was administered by the archdeacon (Malankara Moopan).[57] The elected archdeacon was in charge of day-to-day affairs, including the ordination of deacons to the priesthood. Ordinations were performed by Persian bishops visiting India. The Malankara Palliyogam (a forerunner of the Malankara Association) consisted of elected representatives from individual parishes. The isolation of the Malankara church from the rest of Christendom preserved the apostolic age's democratic nature through interactions with Portuguese (Roman Catholic) and British (Anglican) colonialists. From the 17th to the 20th centuries, the church had five pillars of administration:
- The Episcopal Synod, presided over by the Catholicos of the East
- The Malankara Association, presided by Malankara Metropolitan
- Three trustees: the Malankara metropolitan and priest and lay trustees
- The Malankara Association's managing and working committees[58][59]
1934 church constitution
Envisioned by Dionysius VI, the church's general and day-to-day administration was codified in its 1934 constitution. The constitution[60] was presented at the 26 December 1934 Malankara Christian Association meeting at M. D. Seminary,[61] adopted and enacted. It has been amended three times. Although the constitution was challenged in court by dissident supporters of the Patriarch of Antioch, Supreme Court rulings in 1958, 1995, 2017 and 2018 upheld its validity.[62]
The constitution's first article asserts the relationship between the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church. The second article addresses the establishment of the Malankara Church by St. Thomas and ascribes primacy to the Catholicos. The third article regards the church's name. The fourth article describes the faith and its traditions. The fifth article examines church governance canon law.[63]
Malankara Association
The elected Malankara Association, consisting of parish members, manages the church's religious and social concerns. Formerly the Malankara Palli-yogam (മലങ്കര പള്ളി യോഗം; Malankara Parish Assembly, its modern form is believed to have been founded in 1873 as the Mulanthuruthy Synod, a gathering of parish representatives in Parumala. In 1876, the Malankara Association began.[64]
The church constitution outlines the association's powers and responsibilities. The
Co-Trustees Elected By Malankara Association
This is a list of Co-Trustees (Priest Trustee & Lay Trustee) elected by the Malankara Association[65][66] of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church:
Year of Election | Clergy Trustee | Duration | Lay Trustee | Duration |
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1869 | Punnathra Chacko Chandapilla Kathanar | 21 Oct 1869 - 13 Sep 1886 | Kulangara Ittychan Pailey | 12 Oct 1869 — ? |
1886 | Konat Kora Yohannan Kathanar | 13 Sep 1886 - 09 Mar 1890 | Kunnumpurath Kora Ulahannan, Kottayam | 13 Sep 1886 & 31 Mar 1892 - 24 Feb 1901 |
1892 | Konat Kora Mathan Malpan | 31 Mar 1892 & 23 Nov 1895 - 07 Sep 1911 |
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1901 | - | C. J. Kurien (Kunnumpurath Ulahannan Kora), Kottayam | 25 Apr 1901 - 07 Sep 1911 | |
1911 | Palappalil Mani Paulose Kathanar Pampakuda | 07 Sep 1911 - 21 Dec 1955 | Chirakadavil Kora Kochu Korula, Kottayam (d. 1931) | 07 Sep 1911 - 31 May 1931 |
1931 | - | E. I Joseph, Kottayam | 10 Jul 1931 - 15 Jul 1946 | |
1958 | Manalil Jacob Kathanar | 26 dec 1958 - 28 Dec 1965 | Ooppoottil Kurien Abraham, Kottayam | 26 Dec 1958 - 12 Dec 1978 |
1965 | Thengumthottathil T. S. Abraham Cor Episcopa | 28 Dec 1965 - 28 Dec 1982 | - | |
1980 | - | Padinjarekkara P. C. Abraham, Kottayam | 01 May 1980 - 21 Mar 2007 | |
1982 | Konat Abraham Malpan | 28 Dec 1982 - 03 Mar 1987 | - | |
1987 | Fr. Mathai Nooranal | 29 Dec 1987 - 29 Nov 2002 | - | |
2004 | Fr. Dr. O. Thomas | 10 Jun 2004 - 21 Mar 2007 | - | |
2007 | Fr. Johns Abraham Konat | 21 Mar 2007 - 07 Mar 2012 | M.G. George Muthoot | 21 Mar 2007 - 07 Mar 2012 |
2012 | Fr. Johns Abraham Konat | 07 Mar 2012 - 01 Mar 2017 | M.G. George Muthoot | 07 Mar 2012 - 01 Mar 2017 |
2017 | Fr. Dr. M.O. John | 01 Mar 2017 - 04 Aug 2022 | George Paul (d. 2019) | 01 Mar 2017 - 26 Nov 2019 |
2022 | Fr. Dr. Thomas Varghese Amayil | 04 Aug 2022 - Present | Ronny Varghese Abraham | 04 Aug 2022 - Present |
Dioceses
- Thiruvananthapuram Diocese
- Kollam Diocese
- Kottarakkara Punaloor Diocese
- Adoor Kadampanad Diocese
- Thumpamon Diocese
- Nilakal Diocese
- Mavelikara Diocese
- Chengannur Diocese
- Niranam Diocese
- Kottayam Diocese
- Kottayam Central Diocese
- Idukki Diocese
- Kandanad West Diocese
- Kandanad East Diocese
- Kochi Diocese
- Angamaly Diocese
- Thrissur Diocese
- Kunnamkulam Diocese
- Malabar Diocese
- Sulthan Bathery Diocese
- Brahmavar Diocese
- Bangalore Diocese
- Madras Diocese
- Bombay Diocese
- Ahmedabad Diocese
- Delhi Diocese
- Calcutta Diocese
- UK, Europe and Africa Diocese
- Northeast America Diocese
- Southwest America Diocese[67]
Metropolitan Bishops
The church's Episcopal Synod has the following diocesan bishops:[68][69]
- Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan.Kandanad West, Bangalore Diocese and Kottayam Central
- Thomas Mar Athanasios – Metropolitan of Kandanad East Diocese
- Yuhanon Mar Meletius – Metropolitan of Thrissur Diocese
- Kuriakose Mar Clemis Valiya Metropolita[70]– Retired
- Geevarghese Mar Coorilose – Metropolitan of Bombay Diocese
- Zachariah Mar Nicholovos – Metropolitan of Northeast America Diocese
- Yakob Mar Irenios – Metropolitan of Kochi Diocese
- Gabriel Mar Gregorios -Metropolitan of Trivandrum Diocese
- Niranam Diocese
- Yuhanon Mar Policarpos – Metropolitan of Ankamali Diocese
- Mathews Mar Theodosius- On Leave
- Joseph Mar Dionysius – Metropolitan of Kollam Diocese
- Abraham Mar Ephiphanios – Metropolitan of Mavelikara Diocese
- Mathews Mar Thimothios – Metropolitan of Chengannur Diocese
- Alexios Mar Eusebios - Metropolitan of Calcutta Diocese
- Yuhanon Mar Dioscoros – Metropolitan of Kottayam Diocese
- Youhanon Mar Demetrios – Metropolitan of Delhi Diocese
- Yuhanon Mar Thevodoros – Metropolitan of Kottarakara–Punalur Diocese
- Yakob Mar Elias – Metropolitan of Brahmavar Diocese
- Joshua Mar Nicodemos – Metropolitan of Nilackal Diocese
- Zacharias Mar Aprem – Metropolitan of Adoor–Kadampanadu Diocese
- Geevarghese Mar Yulios – Metropolitan of Kunnamkulam Diocese
- Abraham Mar Seraphim – Metropolitan of Thumbamon Diocese[71]
- Abraham Mar Stephanos-Metropolitan of UK, Europe, Africa Diocese
- Thomas Mar Ivanios- Metropolitan of Southwest America Diocese
- Geevarghese Mar Theophilos- Metropolitan of Ahmedabad Diocese & Asst. Metropolitan of Bombay Diocese
- Geevarghese Mar Philexinos- Metropolitan of Madras Diocese & Asst. Metropolitan of Bangalore Diocese[72]
- Malabar Diocese
- Geevarghese Mar Barnabas- Metropolitan of Sulthan Bathery Diocese
- Zachariah Mar Severios- Metropolitan of Idukki Diocese
Churches with historical importance
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
- St. George's Church, Chandanapally
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Arthat
- St. Mary's Church, Thiruvithamcode, established by Apostle Saint Thomas
- St. Mary's Church, Niranam, established by Apostle Saint Thomas
- St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu
- Mar Beshanania Orthodox Church, Vanchithra, Kozhencherry
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Pazhanji
- St. Mary's Church, Kottayam
- KalladaValiyapally
- KundaraValiyapally
- St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Mulanthuruthy
- Thumpamon Valiya Pally
- Ambalam Pally, Kunnamkulam
- Thevalakkara Church
- Kottakkakathu Old Syrian Church, Karthikappally
- Puthuppally Pally
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad
- St. George Orthodox Valiyapally, Mylapra
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kadampanad
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Kolenchery
- St. George Orthodox Church, Cheppad
- St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Piravom
- St. George's Church, Kadamattom
- St Mary's Orthodox Church, Kallooppara
- St. George's Church, Chandanapally
- St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Puthiyacavu Mavelikara
- Old Syrian Church, Chengannur
- St. Stephen's Orthodox Cathedral, Kudassanad
- Kadeesa Orthodox Cathedral, Kayamkulam
Monasteries and convents
Spiritual organizations
The church has a number of spiritual organizations:
- Orthodox Syrian Sunday School Association of the East (OSSAE)[73]
- Orthodox Christian Youth Movement (OCYM)
- Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement (MGOCSM)[74]
- Divyabodhanam (Theological Education Programme for the Laity)
- St. Paul's & St.Thomas Suvishesha Sangam (National Association for Mission Studies)
- Orthodox Sabha Gayaka Sangham
- Malankara Orthodox Baskiyoma Association
- Servants of the Cross
- Akhila Malankara Prayer Group Association
- Akhila Malankara Orthodox Shusrushaka Sangham (AMOSS)
- Mission Board and Mission Society
- Ministry of Human Empowerment
- Akhila Malankara Balasamajam
- St. Thomas Orthodox Vaidika Sanghom
- Marth Mariam Vanitha Samajam (women's wing)
- Ecological Commission
- Ardra Charitable Trust[75]
Seminaries
The two seminaries which offers bachelor's and master's degrees in theology are Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam[76] and St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary, Nagpur.[77] The Malankara Orthodox Seminary at Kottayam is the first Orthodox Seminary in Asia established in year 1815.
Ecumenical relations
The church was a founding member of the World Council of Churches.[78] Catholicos Geevarghese II and other metropolitan participated in the 1937 Conference on Faith and Order in Edinburgh; a church delegation participated in the 1948 WCC meeting in Amsterdam in 1948, and the church played a role in the 1961 WCC conference in New Delhi. Metropolitan Paulos Gregorios was president of the WCC from 1983 to 1991.
The church participated in the 1965 Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in Addis Ababa.[79] It is a member of the Faith and Order Commission, the Christian Conference of Asia and the Global Christian Forum. A number of primates of sister churches have visited, including
Order of St. Thomas
The
See also
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External links
- Official website of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church
- Complete website of Catholicos of The East and Malankara Metropolitan
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Constitution of 1934
- Indian Orthodox Radio | E – Radio from the Shores of Malankara to the World
- Indian Orthodox Herald: News about the Catholicate of the East
- Matha Mariam Media: A Complete Orthodox Web Portal maintained by Trivandrum Diocese
- ICON Indian Christian Orthodox Network – Catholicos of the East
- Malankara Orthodox TV