The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Malankara Church and the Indian Orthodox Church, is an autocephalous church based in Kerala, India. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the oldest Christian communities in Asia. The church serves India's Saint Thomas Christian population. According to tradition, the church originated in the missions of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.
Saint Geevargese Mar Gregorios, popularly known as Parumala Thirumeni, is a saint of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church and Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Mar Gregorios Orthodox Christian Student Movement (MGOCSM) is the oldest Christian Student Organization in Asia. It is a spiritual organization of the Indian Orthodox Church, officially known as the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church for the student community. The MGOCSM headquarters is located in Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Moran Mor Baselios Geevarghese II of the Malankara Church .He was the 113th Successor to the Holy Apostolic Throne of St.Thomas and Third Catholicos of the East in Malankara and 16th Malankara Metropolitan, was born to Ulahannan and Naithi of the Kallaserri family in Kurichi, Kottayam India on 16 June 1874.
Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril popularly known as Vattasseril Thirumeni, born Geevarghese was the 15th Malankara Metropolitan (primate) of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) and he was the 110th Successor to the Holy Apostolic Throne of St.Thomas. Vattasseril Geevarghese Mar Dionysius is popularly known as "Malankara Sabha Bhasuran", a title which the Church bestowed on him in recognition of his contribution to Malankara Church. Vattasseril Thirumeni was a man of prayer, determination and dynamism. He was the greatest advocate of sovereignty and autonomy of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II Malankara Metropolitan, was born into the family of Pulikkottil (Kunnamkulam), an important family in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was the 109th Successor to the Holy Apostolic Throne of St.Thomas and 14th Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Church
The Orthodox Theological Seminary also known as Old Seminary or M.D Seminary is a seminary of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. It was founded in 1815 by Colonel John Munro with the help of the priest-monk Pulikkottil Joseph Ittoop Ramban(later Mar Dionysius II) to serve the then-unified Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and to invite CMS missionaries to teach theology. At that time deacons were ordained as priests without an organized theological education. After the arrival of CMS missionaries, theological education was organized for the priests. It is the first theological school in Kerala and is regarded as first Theological Seminary in Asia.
Paulos Mar Gregorios, born Paul Varghese or Vargīsa Pôla, was the first Metropolitan of the Delhi diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and served for over two decades.
V. C. Samuel; Malayalam: വി.സി. ശമുവേൽ; Hebrew :שְׁמוּאֵל ; Greek: Σαμουήλ; Arabic: صموئيل; Latin:Samūēl; Amharic: ሳሙኤል
Brahmavar (Konkani) Orthodox Church is a split faction from the Catholic Church formed under the leadership of Bishop Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares in 1889.
John Mathews is a New Testament scholar and Metropolitan of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church.
Moran Mor Baselios Marthoma Paulose II is the current primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was declared the Catholicos of the East on 1 November 2010, succeeding Didymos I. He is 118th in the lineage of catholicos of the east enthroned on the apostolic throne of St. Thomas, and the 21st Malankara Metropolitan.
Yuhanon Mar Diascoros is the metropolitan of Madras Diocese and assistant metropolitan to Kottayam Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
Mathews Mar Barnabas was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
His Grace Zacharias Mar Aprem is a bishop in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. His Grace is the current diocesan metropolitan of the Adoor Kadampanad Orthodox Diocese and assistant metropolitan of the Southwest American Diocese.
Mathews Mar Thimothios is the Metropolitan of UK, Europe and Africa Diocese and Assistant Metropolitan of Chenganoor Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos aka Puthencavil Kochu Thirumeni was an administrator, orator and an advocate of Orthodox and the Catholicate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. He served as Metropolitan of Thumpamon Diocese from 1930 to 1951.
Kollam Diocese is one of the 30 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocese was created after the Mulanthuruthy Synod in 1876. Zachariah Mar Anthonios is the Metropoliton of the diocese. The head office is located in Bishop House, Cross Junction, Kadappakkada, Kollam.
The Order of St. Thomas is the highest honorary award given by the Indian Orthodox Church and named after St. Thomas the Apostle who founded the Church in India. It is reserved for heads of states and churches and awarded by the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, who is the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church. The award is usually presented at large public gatherings held at different locations of importance to the Indian Orthodox Church within India.
Baby Varghese, born in India, is a Church historian and scholar in Syriac Liturgical Theology.
