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  Indian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The head of the Indian Orthodox Church is the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, whose seat is at Kottayam, Kerala, India.
The Indian Church was related to the Church of the East in the early centuries, and this church sent "East Syrian" bishops to India.
The head of the Eastern church was the "Catholicos of the East" in the lineage of Apostle Thomas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Orthodox_Church   (1058 words)

  
 Eastern Christianity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body whose adherents are largely based in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, with a growing presence in the western world.
Orthodox distinctives (shared with some of the Eastern Catholic Churches) include the Divine Liturgy, Mysteries or Sacraments, and an emphasis on the preservation of Tradition, which it holds to be Apostolic in nature.
As in the other Eastern churches, married men may become priests, and parish priests administer the mystery of confirmation to newborn infants immediately after baptism, via the rite of chrismation; the infants are then administered Holy Communion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orthodox_Church   (1287 words)

  
 INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
The Indian Orthodox Church is autonomous, but belongs to the family of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and to the wider group of the world's Orthodox Churches, which have a membership of about one hundred and twenty five million.
The Persian connection of the Indian Churches has to be seen in the context of the internal dissension and state persecution of Christians in Persia from the 5th century.
The witness of the Orthodox Church is a quiet one.
www.indianorthodoxchurchabudhabi.com /orthodoxchurch.htm   (2866 words)

  
 St.Thomas Indian Orthodox Church - Parish
The name, Malankara Orthodox Church, refers to the section of the St. Thomas Christians of India, that Canonically came under Catholicate of the East whose Supreme Head is His Holiness The Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, with head quarters at Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
At one stage, however, the Indian church was claimed to be in the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Fars but this issue was settled by Patriarch Sliba Zoha (714- 728 AD) who recognized the traditional dignity of the autonomous Metropolitan of India.
The fact that the Christian Church, first appeared in India, as elsewhere, as a fellowship of self-governing communities to the same body and born in the same new life, may yet light the path to a future of peace, within and beyond the Orthodox Community.
www.st-thomas-orthodox-dc.org /indianorthodox.htm   (1726 words)

  
 Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The American Diocese (the diocese, hereafter) of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is in full accord with the faith and practices of the Mother Church -- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, or the Indian Orthodox Church.
This is a church growing era for this immigrant church....
Still, the faith and practices of the church is the faith and practices of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
www.ncccusa.org /98ga/malankara.html   (328 words)

  
 St Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church of Dutchess County
Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church is mission of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India.
The Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in AD 52.
We welcome you to Church and encourage you to attend the Holy Qurbana if you are looking for a church that is orthodox in doctrine, worship, and values.
stgregoriosindianorthodoxchurch.org   (387 words)

  
 Malankara Church History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
[The Malankara (Indian) Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East]
The Church in Malankara continued to be under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and also his subordinate the 'Maphriyono'/'Catholicose' of the East, then residing in Mesopotamian region till the arrival of Nestorian bishops in 1490.
The Church is of the view that these individual parishes, particularly almost all the ancient churches, have been established by the desire of the parishioners and the central structure of the Church participated only in spiritual guidance.
www.catholicose.org /PauloseII/MalankaraChurch.htm   (6604 words)

  
 STC Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas Indian Orthodox Church is a parish of the Europe and Canada Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India.
The Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ in A.D. The parish was established on 2006, in Dublin, Ireland.
If you are looking for a church that is orthodox in doctrine, orthodox in worship, orthodox in values, come to St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church, Dublin.
www.indianorthodoxireland.com   (209 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - Charles W. Bell's Religion: Indian Orthodox leader visits N.Y.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Indian Orthodox leader visits N.Y. One of the world's least-known Christian leaders is visiting New York - and other strongholds of his church in the U.S. - for the next six weeks, and if he stays under the radar, that's fine with him.
It is one of the six so-called Oriental Orthodox churches - the others are Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Antiochean - created in the fallout from a split in the fifth century with other Christian chur-ches over Jesus' nature as both divine and human.
Like most church leaders, he was born in the state of Karala, the administrative focal point of the church.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/427284p-360369c.html   (659 words)

  
 Bahrain 'will uphold' religious tolerance by building Indian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Indian Minister of State for Law and Justice P C Thomas opened the meeting, which was chaired by the Supreme Head of the Indian Orthodox Church and the Catholicos of the East His Holiness Moran Mar Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews II.
The coordinating committee includes, from the Oriental Churches, Metropolitan Bishoi of Damiette, secretary of the Holy Synod (Coptic Orthodox Church) and cochairman of the coordinating committee, Bishop Mar Eustathios Matta Roham of Jazeera and Euphretis (Syrian Orthodox Church) and Archimandrite Nareg Alemezian, head of the ecumenical office (Catholicosate of Cilicia).
The Russian Orthodox Church is represented on the coordinating committee by Hegumen Hilarion Alfeyev, DECR secretary for inter-Christian relations, Archpriest Valetin Asmus, lecturer at the Moscow Theological Academy and Rev. Vladimir Shmaliy, a lecturer at the MTA.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1008139/posts   (3534 words)

  
 St. Mary's Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Church of Northern Virginia : ORTHODOX NEWS
The head of the Indian Orthodox church is the Catholicos of the East and...
The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahido Church is one of the Oriental
It was formerly a part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Ethiopia, its autocephaly being reluctantly recognized by the Ethiopian Patriarchate after Eritrea gained its independence in the 1993...
www.stmarysnova.org /cgi-bin/doc.cgi?doc=webnews.20051116.doc   (286 words)

  
 INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH,UK
All these years services were conducted in Indian YMCA chapel, Fitzroy Square, London and all the Malayalee Christians participated irrespective of their denominational differences.
We are fostering a culture of excellence within our church and ever since the parish was formed we had a dream of having our own church which we achieved in 2002.
The dedication and consecration ceremony was conducted by H.G. Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, the diocesan bishop on the 1st January 2005.
www.indian-orthodox.co.uk /parish.htm   (1165 words)

  
 Merry (Orthodox) Christmas! - World Affairs Board
The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the East, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East), is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Church family.
The Indian Orthodox Church is distinct from the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church who is guided by the spiritual leadership of the Patriarch of Antioch, presently H.H. Moran Mor Ignatious Zakka Iwas I. Under the Indian Orthodox Constitution, this patriarch is the church's supreme spiritual head.
The universal Syriac Orthodox Church did not accept this consecration as valid which is the historical root of the present schism in the Malankara church.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=9978   (1900 words)

  
 Oriental Orthodox Churches
These jurisdictions, sometimes referred to as the “non-Chalcedon” churches, are in communion with each other, but not with the autocephalous and autonomous canonical Orthodox churches.
Coptic Church is based on the teachings of St. Mark who brought Christianity to Egypt during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero in the first century, some 12 years after the Lord's ascension.
The church was founded in Kerala, India, AD 52, by St. Thomas (one of the twelve Apostles of Christ).
aggreen.net /autocephaly/oriental.html   (389 words)

  
 THE LIGHT OF LIFE - News & Events
The church had just completed a project to build a parish hall and parsonage, based on the financial commitments of its small membership.
The church is a part of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, which hails its origin in AD 52 and was established by St.Thomas the disciple of Jesus Christ.
Only recently had the church received a certificate of appreciation from CFA for the donation of heaters through an ABC Drive programme initiative to provide warmth for the needy in the local community.
www.lightoflife.com /light_of_life_Events3.htm   (767 words)

  
 Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition Biweekly - FOCUS First Meeting Was A Success
New York February 09 2006: The first ever gathering of the newest spiritual organization of the American Diocese named FOCUS (Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in the United States) was held on Saturday, January 21, 2006 at St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Queens (Cherry Lane) under the leadership of FOCUS Director, Dn.
FOCUS also is unique to the American Diocese because it works specifically to involve American-born Indian Orthodox young adults with the other members of the Church community, especially students as well as colleagues of the same age, but born and brought up abroad.
It also looks to help the church's mission to go after young adults who feel left out of the Church, or who have legitimate issues with the Church.
www.orthodoxherald.com /diocesenews10.asp   (314 words)

  
 Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition
The Malankara Orthodox Church, the independent, indigenous church of India, established on the throne of St. Thomas and being the Catholicate of the East is the sole church which has the privilege to use this blessed title,"Catholica Bava" and "Malankara Metropolitan".
Moran mar Cyril Beselios is the head of a Church sui iuris in the universal Catholic Church, according to the provisions in CCEO.
Thus it is meaningful for the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church to be known as the Catholicos.
www.orthodoxherald.com /discuss.asp   (6336 words)

  
 Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition Biweekly - New Indian Orthodox Church In Albany
Albany August 17 2005: A meeting of the Albany St. Paul’s Orthodox Congregation has decided to register a church under the Indian Orthodox diocese of America, held on Sunday, August 14th, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
A point was raised about asking for a share of the financial assets in the UCF fund, since our members had contributed a good share of the UCF fund; it was decided to bring this up in the upcoming UCF meeting on August 21st.
A meeting of the Albany St. Paul’s Orthodox Congregation has decided to register a church under the Indian Orthodox diocese of America.
www.orthodoxherald.com /parishnews2.asp   (485 words)

  
 Indian Church, Churches and places of worship in the US. For Asians, Indians, NRIs and Immigrants in America from ...
Indian Church, Churches and places of worship in the US.
Churches catering to the NRI (Non Resident Indian) community, people from India, and the Indian sub-continent can be found all over the US.
AICC caters to the Asian Indian immigrants in New Jersey.
www.garamchai.com /church.htm   (358 words)

  
 Vicar's Page
Raju Varghese was appointed as the Vicar and President of St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Church of Rockland, Suffern in the second half of the year 2001 by the Diocesan Metropolitan H. Mathews Mar Barnabas.
The Church has progressed leaps and bounds and continues to grow under the able leadership of the Achen.
This is an ecumenical organization with activities among the Christian churches in Rockland County.
www.stmarysrockland.org /vicar.asp   (693 words)

  
 st. stephens orthodox church of long island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
stephens orthodox church of india, long island is a parish under the jurisdiction of the american diocese of the indian orthodox church.
the supreme ecclesiastical head of our church is his holiness moran mar baselious marthoma mathews ii, 89th successor to the apostolic throne of st. thomas.
copyright © st. stephens orthodox church of india inc. long island, new york.
www.ststephensny.com   (103 words)

  
 APOSTOLIC VISIT
The Very Rev. Cherian Neelankal Cor Episcopa, the vicar of St. Thomas, said it was an honor for his church to welcome the 90th successor to St. Thomas the apostle, who founded the Christian church in India in 52 A.D. "This small church exists as a small place within the kingdom of God," he said.
According to Rev. Antwan Lachin from the Patriarchal House in Chicago, on July 16, 2006, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East met the Patriarch of the Malankara Orthodox Church, His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Didimos I in the Dominican University of Chicago.
Fr John Erickson, dean and professor of church history, Fr John Behr, professor of patristics, and Fr Steven Belonick, director of recruitment and alumni relations of St Vladimir?s Seminary welcomed the bishops, clergy and seminarians.
www.icon.org.in /icon_ap_visit_us06.icon   (2456 words)

  
 St. Dionysius Indian Orthodox Church, Auckland, New Zealand - History
Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, is the founder of the ancient church in India around 52 AD.
Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, is the founder of the ancient church in India.
The first known Indian Orthodox family came to live in New Zealand in 1982.
www.massey.ac.nz /~ccherian/stdionysiusnz/history.htm   (2068 words)

  
 St.Thomas Orthodox Church Thottamon,Ranni St.Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church,Ranni Thottamon Orthodox Church
St.Thomas Orthodox Church Thottamon,Ranni St.Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church,Ranni Thottamon Orthodox Church
One of the oldest church in Ranni St.Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church was found in the year 1905 AD.
It is the first Orthodox Church in and around Ranni.
www.st-thomasthottamon.i8.com   (286 words)

  
 *©*´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·-The St. Johns ...
It is East Syrian in Origin due to it's association with the Persian Church from the third to the Fifteenth Century.
The Catholicate was established in Kerala in 1912 conforming the Apostolic succession of the Church from the Holy Throne of St. Thomas.
The Head of the Synod and the Supreme Head of the Church is the Malankara Metropolitan and the Catholicos of the East.
www.geocities.com /mgocsm_stjohns/OCmain.htm   (570 words)

  
 Indian Orthodox Diaspora Secretariat
The first conference organised by the Indian Orthodox Diaspora Secretariat was held on the 26th and 27th of August 2006 at St. George Orthodox Church, Dwarka.
The annual conference of the MGOCSM of Delhi Diocese was held on 1st and 2nd of October 2006 at St. Thomas School, Sector 8, Faridabad.
It was the first time that it was organised in conjunction with the Indian Orthodox Diaspora Secretariat.
www.iods.org   (900 words)

  
 St Gregoriose Orthodox Church of India - Home
The Season of Lent is appointed by the Church as a time for change, prayer, penance and fasting, giving, forgiving and healing.
The church invites her children to renew the experience of this salvation.
On the 25th day of the Lent along with the Holy Communion service, we erect a decorative cross at the center of the church because: (i) This reminds us the brazen serpent erected by Moses in the desserts that people could look at it and escape from snakebites (Numbers 21:8-9).
www.indianchurch.org   (890 words)

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