Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese

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Archdiocese of Malankara Syrian Knanaya Syriac Orthodox Church
Location
CountryIndia
HeadquartersSt. Aphrem Seminary Chingavanam
Information
First holderSeverios Geevarghese [1]
Formation1910
Denomination Syriac Orthodox Church
Rite West Syriac Rite
CathedralSt.Thomas Valiyapally, Ranni
Co-cathedralSt. Mary's Valiyapally, Kallissery
Patron saint Thomas of Cana
Current leadership
Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Patriarch of Antioch
Archbishop Gregorios Kuriakose, Silvanos Ayub
Auxiliary Bishops Ivanios Kuriakose
Website
knanayaarchdiocese.com

Malankara Syriac Knanaya Community are part of the larger Knanaya community who are descendants of an endogamous ethnic migrant group of Syriac-Jewish Christians who arrived and settled in Kerala in the 4th or 8th century. [2] [3] [4]

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In the year 345 according to the Malayalam calendar (Kollavarsham), Knai Thoma, a merchant, and 72 families from Edessa (or modern Urfa) immigrated to Malankara (present-day Kerala) and established a community there. Among the group were priests, deacons and a bishop, Uraha Mar Ouseph (Bishop Joseph of Uraha/Urfa). Knai Thoma and his people were welcomed by Cheraman Perumal, the Chera Emperor of Kerala, and were given permission to settle down in Kodungalloor.

After the Coonen Cross Revolt. (Oath of the Bent Cross)a part of the Knanaya Community joined Archdeacon Thomas. They later returned to West Syriac liturgical traditions brought to Malankara by them. This group remained under the Patriarch of Antioch. Today they form part of the Knanaya Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

List of Knanaya Syrian Church

The Knanaya Syrians claim that they are Jewish migrants who believed in Syriac Orthodox Church primacy. They have communities in Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam of Kerala and abroad.

See also

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam

References

  1. ↑ "Valiyapally". www.valiyapallyranni.com.
  2. ↑ "Knanaya Samudayam". knanayaarchdiocese.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) Churches in India". www.syriacchristianity.info. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Williams, Raymond Brady; Brady, Williams Raymond. Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-57016-9.

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