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	St. Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church, Auckland, New Zealand - Saints
		Thomas preached the gospel and established churches at seven and a half places; Crangannore, Palur,Paraur,Gokkamangalam, Niranam, Chayal,Kollam and Thiruvithamcode, and appointed prelates and priests.In due course,the Apostle returned to the Coromandal coast and continued his gospal work in Madras where he eventually attained martyrdom on December 21, 72 AD Here are some Biblical references.
		Thomas is also known as "The Doubting Thomas", because he demanded an objective proof of evidence for resurrection.
		Thomas was the first disciple who confessed, Jesus as "My God and My Lord".
	www.massey.ac.nz /~ccherian/stdionysiusnz/saints.htm

	News Digest
		Thomas Srampikal the rector of the St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary and Dr. Joseph Naduvilezham the President of the Paurasthya Vidya Peedhom participated in the function.
		At Mount St. Thomas, Kakkanad, is being organised a seminar on the sources for the study of Syrian Christian Churches in the month of October under the auspices of the Institute for Liturgical Research headed by Mar Punnakkottil, Mar Chittilappilly, and Dr.Bosco Puthur.
		Thomas, Kakkanad, the theme of the forth coming seminar on 4, 5, and 6 of October will be Life and Nature of the ST. THOMAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH from its beginning until the SYNOD OF DIAMPER.
	www.indianchristianity.com /html/NewsDigest.htm

	Our Parish _ St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Sharjah, UAE
		H.G. Thomas Mar Makariose, the formation of a new Parish and the appointment of a Vicar.
		Thomas was instrumental in establishing the UAE Sunday School Association.
		1973 - St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Prayer Group, under the patronage of St.Thomas Orthodox Church, Dubai, was formed in Sharjah with 11 members on June 15, 1973.
	gulfparumala.net /op_majorevents.asp

	H G Mathews Mar Epiphanios Metropolitan
		Then Thomas Mar Themothios Metrapolitha, the president Catholicos designate took charge of the Malabar Diocese and it is during this period that we saw wide spread growth of parishes and His Grace was our Bishop till the formation of Sultan Bathery Diocese.
		The inauguration of the diocese was formally done by His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I Catholicos of the East on 14 January 1986 at Sultan Bathery Cathedral.From 14 January 1986 to 13 January 1991 His Holiness the Catholicose directly supervised the administration.
		Thomas Mar Timotheos was auxiliary Metorpolitan.From 1991 onwards; Kuriakose Mar Clemis has been the head of the Diocese.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/s_bathery.html

	St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church of Boston
		Abraham Thomas was ordained priest and Rev. Fr.
		His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II came to Boston; this was his first visit to USA as the Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan.
		His Grace Thomas Mar Makarios Metropolitan was given a reception followed by Holy Qurbana at the Hellenic College Chapel.
	www.stmarysboston.org /a_hist_smc.html

	St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church of Boston
		The present Catholicos is the 89th chronological successor to the Catholicate of the East founded by St. Thomas the Apostle in Seleucia, later revived in Tigris and relocated in 1912 in Kottayam.
		The Indian Orthodox Church, also known as the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Church of St. Thomas, the Church of Malabar, and the Malankara Church was founded in the state of Kerala in India, by St. Thomas the Apostle, around 52 AD.
		H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II Catholicose of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church
	www.stmarysboston.org /a_hist_ioc.html

	LokVani-LokVani
		His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II is the head of our church headquartered in Kottayam, Kerala, India.
		Saint Thomas came to Kerala (India) in A.D. 52 and we celebrated 2002 as the 1950 th anniversary year of our Church.
		The founder of our Church is Saint Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus Christ.
	www.lokvani.com /lokvani/article.php?article_id=916

	My-Kerala.com: News
		ALAPPUZHA: P T Thomas, MLA, on Tuesday said that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was invited to Kerala by the then LDF Government and the concept paper in connection with the reforms to be introduced in the State was also signed by them.
		The declaration which described the `Puthencruz' oath as the second `Coonan Cross' Oath (1653) said: ``We affirm our faith with the Patriarch of Antioch and his Regional Representative Catholicos Dr Thomas Mar Dionosius and the Metropolitans associated with him.
		Mar Dianosius alleged that the Government and its nominees who appeared as mediators in the earlier days were soon seen identifying with the Orthodox faction.
	www.my-kerala.com /n/a/arc2-2002.shtml

	St. Baselios Yeldho
		On 20th December 1987, during the Holy Mass celebrated at the ancient St.Thomas church, Mulunthuruthy, His Beatitude Mor Baselios Paulose II, the Catholicos, read the Historical Proclamation of His Holiness The Patriarch, in the presence of all the Metropolitans of the Malankara Church and thousands of faithful assembled there.
		Mor Elias III also reminded that Mor Baselios Yeldho belonged to the area from where Marth Shmooni came and that there was a record in the Patriarchate about the Saint's journey to India in the seventeenth century.
		T he St.Thomas Church at Kothamangalam, popularly known as Mar Thoma Cheria Pally, where the Saint is buried is one of the most prominent parishes in India.
	www.syriacchristianity.org /bio/MorBaseliosYeldho.htm

	INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH,LONDON
		His Holiness Moran Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II (Catholicos of the East and the Metropolitan of Malankara)
		Thomas Mission Centre - Haripaadd - Mission Centre and Boy's Home.
		Thomas Mission Centre - Neyyattinkara - Village Development and Children's Home
	www.indian-orthodox.co.uk /info.htm

	Pro Unione Web Site - Dialogues OO-RC/india
		"Concept of Communion and the Concept of Primacy; Church History: Developments of the Liturgical Tradition of the St. Thomas Christians; Common Witness: the 1950th Anniversary of the Arrival of St. Thomas in India"
		* (Autocephalous since 1975 under Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II)
	www.prounione.urbe.it /dia-int/oo-rc_india/e_oo-rc_india-info.html

	CHAPTER 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CATHOLICATE IN MALANKARA - CAUSES
		Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ came to India and preached the Gospel.
		Mar Thoma VIII (1809 - 16) while answering some questions of the Madras government said that the Malankara church was ruled by Archdeacons of the Pakalomattom family from 345 to 1308 A.D, and that there were seven bishops and one Metropolitan (Archbishop) in that family.
		This situation was favourable to Bishop Mar Thoma I with the help of the Dutch, bishop Gregorios of the Antiochan Church reached Malankara in 1665, on an invitations from Mar Thoma I. Mar Gregorios regularised the position of bishop Mar Thoma I and helped him in his battle against the Romans.
	www.stgregorioschurchdc.org /cgi/xpage.cgi?doc=ChurchHistory4.lesson

	Light of Life - News Archive
		Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews II is not the Malankara Metropolitan
		Christian writers and representatives of the Churches at least from the 4th century refer to the evangelistic labors of the Apostle Thomas in India and the Indian Christians ascribe the origin of their Church to this event in the first century.
		By implication it holds the view that Baselios Marthoma Mathews II is the widely acclaimed head of the Malankara Church, and the sole authority to supervise the church elections.
	www.lightoflife.com /LOL_News_Events_Arch_Details1.htm

	Faith & B
		The origin of St. Basil Bible School and Orientation Centre is to be attributed to the divine vision of Mount Horeb Monastic Community Headed by His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathew II, the Malankara Metropolitan, Catholicose of the East and successor to the Apostolic throne of St. Thomas.
		Counselling courses for the laymen of the Sabha.His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II Catholicose inaugurated the Center on 2000.
		On 6 November 1991 His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II Catholicose started the civil service Academy adjacent to the Orthodox Students center in Thiruvananthapuram for training students for the I.A.S and I.P.S examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/schems.html

	:: Kottarakara College Alumni - About Kottarakara College ::
		The foundation stone of the college was laid by His Grace Thomas Mar Dionysius, the Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese on Monday the 22nd June 1964 and the college was declared open on Monday the 6th July 1964 by His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Ougen I, the erstwhile Catholicos.
		The College was founded in 1964 by His Grace Mathews Mar Coorilos, the Bishop of erstwhile Kollam Diocese who later enthroned as the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan named after His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II.
		The establishment of the College was the successful realization of a long cherished dream of His Grace who always desired to increase and expand the educational facilities with in the diocese and worked tirelessly to achieve the goal surmounting various difficulties.
	www.kottarakaracollege.com /aboutcollege.htm

	Kaumudi Online - Offline Page
		A former president of Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), 70-year-old Cyril Mar Baselios was elevated to the status of major archbishop by Pope John Paul II in February this year.
		Head of Syro Malankara Catholic Church Cyril Mar Baselios today took over as Major Archbishop with the title of Catholicose.
		Abraham Ramban, along with the bishops and the other dignitaries, was taken out in a procession from the St Thomas Mar Thoma Church to the Madbaha at 7 am.
	www.kaumudi.com /news/051505/x_headlines.stm

	St. Gregorios Austin - About American Diocese
		His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I, Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan came to America in July 1979, and the American Diocese was established officially by His Holiness presiding over the enthronement ceremony of His Grace Thomas Mar Makarios as the first Metropolitan.
		The American Diocese is one of the 22 Dioceses of the Indian Orthodox Church with headquarters in Kottayam, Kerala in India and His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II as the supreme head of the Church.
		The first Indian Orthodox Church clergymen came to the USA for higher education during the time of His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese II.
	stgregoriosaustin.org /about_us_diocese.php

	Churches Hope to Reunite India's Legacy of the Apostle Thomas - Christianity Today Magazine
		Mathew told ENI that given the basic unity between them, the St. Thomas churches could form a "council of churches in the St. Thomas tradition" while retaining their hierarchical differences until they were resolved.
		Thomas, Jesus' "doubting" apostle, is believed to have arrived on the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala and died a martyr 20 years later in what now is the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu.
		Mathew, a senior priest of the Mar Thoma Church, said that the various St. Thomas churches had "many things in common because we all belong to the family of Syrian [Oriental] churches."
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2000/150/24.0.html

	ST. GEORGE ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL
		Mathews ( the present Catholicose, Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II)
		was founded in the state of Kerala, in India, by St. Thomas the Apostle, around 52 AD.
		1944 Metropolitan Alexios Mar Theodosios of Kollam and the " Diocese outside Kerala" visits Delhi to explore the feasibility of building an Orthodox Church in the National capital.
	www.indianorthodoxchurchabudhabi.com

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