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	Knanaya - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knanaya Christians ("kanaanite Christians" or "Canaanite Christians") are Jewish Christians from Kerala, South India.
		The Knanaya Christians are descendants of 72 Jewish families who migrated from Aramaic-speaking regions around Israel and Syria to the Malabar coast in AD 345, under the leadership of a prominent merchant Knai Thomman.
		According to tradition, Knanaya Christians are also known as Southists (Thekkumbhagar in Malayalam) as they hailed from the southern province of Israel known in the Old Testament as the Kingdom of Judah.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Knanya_Christians (498 words)

	Christianity in India Today
		22% of the population of Kerala is Christian.
		In the educational field, the work of the Christians of Kerala has been noteworthy and it is due to their efforts together with that of the government and of other religious and cultural groups that Kerala became the leading state in India for literacy.
		The Non-Catholic Thomas Christians are mainly: the Jacobites or the Syrian Orthodox Christians divided at present into two rival groups (Bava Kakshi and Metran kakshi), the Anjoorians, the Anglicans (CMS), the Marthomites, the Mellusians or Nestorians, and the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India.
	members.tripod.com /~Berchmans/today.html (494 words)

	Christology
		The four major Christian churches split into two groups after the council of Chalcedon in 451 AD: the first embraced the Syrian Church of Antioch and the Coptic church of Egypt which believed in one nature in Christ after the union of the two natures, i.e.
		The Christians of India was under the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Edessa during the period, which made things easier.
		The name Malankara Church, is mentioned as such, for the entire Christian Church of Kerala, from this period and remained monolithic till the advent of European missionaries in the 15th century.
	www.gsbkerala.com /christ/christian.htm (14063 words)

	Knanaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to tradition, Knanaya Christians are also known as Southists (Thekkumbhagar in Malayalam) as they hailed from the southern province of Israel known in the Old Testament as the Kingdom of Judah.
		Knanaya Christians today belong to three denominations: the first belonging to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the second to the Syriac Orthodox Church in India.
		Poomangalam C.A (1998) The Antiquities of the Knanaya Syrian Christians; Kottayam, Kerala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knanya_Christians (1364 words)

	Publications
		Christian writers and delegates of the Church of the 4th century have referred to the missionary activities of St. Thomas in India.
		Christians in India have traced to St. Thomas the founding of their Church in the Ist century A.D. St. Thomas came to India, preached the Gospel of Christ, and founded the Church.
		When the Christians were persecuted in the Persian kingdom, many of them migrated to the southern coast of India where they received a warm and hearty welcome.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/faith25.html (2851 words)

	Dictionary of Indian Christian theology : Dance
		Christianity and Indian Dance-forms could be studied under two categories : (a) Dance forms exclusively practiced by the Christians, that comprised mainly Christian Themes but at times included social and historical episodes as well.
		In the north, in many of the Adivasi and tribal dances, Christian themes have been introduced, retaining the same format of their original is the Christian version of the traditional Hindu Dondo-Nato.
		The westernisation of the church was intensified by the Synod of Diamper in 1599 which practically suppressed and forbade the existing art-forms of the Christians as superstitious and scandalous.
	www.drbarboza.com /dictionary.htm (1431 words)

	River & Rubber \| Home Stay at Ranni, Kerala \| Travel \| Accommodation \| Holiday \| Homestay Kerala
		Knanaites are the descendants of Syrian Christians of Jewish origin migrated to the Malabar Coast (Kerala) of India, during the Forth Century, under the leader ship of Thomas of Kana (Knai Thomas) to rejuvenate the disintegrating Christian churches established by St. Thomas, the apostle.
		The legend is that Mor Joseph had a startling dream (vision) in which he saw the plight of the Christian church in Malabar established by St. Thomas, the Apostle, in the 1st Century.
		The Knanaya marriage ceremony includes the bridal canopy that may be equivalent to the Jewish nuppah; the groom's ceremonial bathing on the eve of the wedding that may be parallel to the Jewish mikrah or ritual bath, singing Old Testament songs on the eve and on the day of the wedding.
	www.riverandrubber.com (1835 words)

	St. Mary's Syrian Knanaya Church, Bangalore
		The death of St. Thomas caused to the non-effective leadership to the Indian Christianity and it began to deteriorate.
		Therefore Christianity was in a perishable stage in the beginning of the 4th century.
		When the Syrian Christians in Cochin came to know that His Holiness was drowned in the sea in Cochin; instead of a direct clash that would spill much blood, the foresight of Itty Thommen Kathanar gave a different turn to the incident.
	knanaya-bangalore.org /tradetional_history.htm (3151 words)

	Knanaya Christians
		Knanaya Christians are seen not only among the Catholics but also among the Orthodox Christians of Kerala, because when a group of Thomas Christians joined Jacobitism, among them there were Knanaya Christians too.
		The Early Christians of India and The Syro-Malabar Church.
		Christian families who immigrated to India and settled in Kerala in AD 345.
	www.indiacatholic.com /knanaya2.htm (846 words)

	CHAPTER III
		It was a group of Syrian Christians who migrated to Cranganore, accompanied by a bishop, four priests and few deacons having a missionary end to fulfill.
		Thomas “Christians” direct relations to Rome is found, it depends on whether their mother church, i.e., Selucia-Steciphon Church was under Rome, or whether they were in communion with the Roman Church.
		Thus there were Syro-Malankara Christians in the Diocese of Kottayam prior to the declaration of the Syro-Malankara Hierarchy in 1930.
	www.knanayacatholics.com /articles/chapter3.htm (4030 words)

	Knanya Christians - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The St. Thomas Christians (native Christians of Kerala) who lived on the north side of Kodungalloor were known as Northists (Vadakkumbhagar).
		Knanaya Christians are seen not only among the Catholics but also among the Orthodox Christians of Kerala, because when a group of Thomas Christians joined Jacobitism, among them there were Knanaya Christians too.
		Though this sense of "purity" is a distorted one, and is against basic Christian mission, it is acknowledged by Rome by establishing a separate diocese (Kottayam) for the Knanaya Catholics.
	education.music.us /K/Knanya-Christians.htm (586 words)

	Messianic Jews
		A devout old Christian belonging to the Kannathumuriyil family made a hazardous journey to Mylapore via Pandynadu (Madura] where he was accidently met by some traders from Ranni and the relatives who went in search of him met him.
		They tried to dissuade him from the journey as the journey was tough for an old man. But he agreed to come back on condition that he should get a pledge to construct a church at Ranni in the name of St. Thomas.
		Knanaites are the descendants of Syrian Christians of Jewish origin migrated to the Malabar Coast (Kerala) of India, during the Forth Century, under the leadership of Thomas of Kana (Knai Thomas) to rejuvenate the disintegrating Christian churches established by St. Thomas, the apostle.
	www.drsusanjacob.jesusanswers.com /photo2.html (1965 words)

	History of the Knanaya Catholic Community
		They co-existed peacefully in the Indian nation and fulfilled their missionary purpose of re-invigorating the Church of St Thomas Christians.
		As the Catholicos of the East had promised the emigrants that he would send from time to time bishops to India, Uraha Mar Yousef had successors till the end of the 16th century.
		When a ritual separation was effected for the Catholics in Kerala between the Orientals and Latins in 1887, all the Knanaya Catholics de facto were in the Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam, and the Holy See ordered Bishop Charles Lavigne to appoint a separate Vicar General for the Knanaya Comm-unity.
	www.ghg.net /knanaya/history (345 words)

	Forefathers
		The Brahmin families who got converted to Christianity and the Churches he established heralded the advent of a new era of enlightenment.
		The Christians of Kerala are known by different names: Marthoma Christians, Malankara Nasranis, Syrian Christians, mapillas, Tharisians, 'Arupathinalkurs' and soon.
		Margamkalipattu, Ramban Pattu, Knanya Thoman Plaque (345 A.D) Tharisapalli Royal decrea (849 A.D), Virara- ghava Royal decree (230 A. 14 A.D?) these historical records are pointers to the golden age of the bygone years of the Mar Thoma Christians.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/forefathers.html (1211 words)

	Holy Virgin Mary Church (Valiyapally), Kottayam
		The history of Kottayam in the early centuries of the Christian era is obscure.
		Not very far from this temple, on the top of a small hill, nursed by the Meenachil River at the foot, stands the ancient Syrian Knanaya church.This church is the mother church of most Christians of this area.
		The church was built in the year 1550 AD by the descendants of the Syrian Knanaya Christians who migrated to India in 345 A.D. from Jerusalem and near-by places under the leadership of Kana Thoma.
	sor.cua.edu /ChMon/Knanaya/KtmValiyapally.html (493 words)

	About Us
		The Knanaya Christians are descendants of 72 Judeo-Christian families who migrated from Edessa (or Urfa), the first city state that embraced Christianity, to the Malabar coast in AD 345, under the leadership of a prominent merchant prince Knai Thomman (in English, Thomas of Cana).
		The bridal canopy is part of the Knanaya wedding ceremony, while the dead are buried facing the east.
		Knanaya Christians today belong to two denominations: the first belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church in India and second to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
	www.houstonknanayacatholics.com /index_files/Page353.htm (334 words)

	KNANAYA YOUTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The church is led by the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch and is often referred to as Jacobite or Monophysite.
		It is believed that Christianity In India have been established by St. Thomas the Apostle.
		In the 4th century, a settlement of Jewish Christians was founded in Kerala by Thomas of Kana (Knai Thoma)at the behest of the Patriarch of Antioch to rejuvenate the disintegrating Christian churches established by St. Thomas, the apostle.
	knanaya345.com /KNANAYA-YOUTH (407 words)

	Churches in Kerala - Karma Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The descendants of Syrian Knanaya Christians who migrated to India in 345 AD were the builders of this church.
		Though this Cross was installed in 1597, the age of the Church is almost equal to the Christianity.
		The Church was built by three Christian families who came to Kuruvilangad from elsewhere in 2nd century.
	www.karmakerala.com /guide/Churches_in_Kerala (2152 words)

	CHAPTER 1
		When this sad plight of the Indian Christians was made known to the Catholicos of the East by certain merchants the church of the East organized an immigration of their own Christians to India in order to help, strengthen and re-invigorate the weakened St. Thomas Christians of India.
		Together with the St. Thomas Christians, the Knanaya Catholics fought to end up the foreign rule and in 1887 two vicariates were erected exclusively for the Syrian Christians, namely of Kottayam and Trichur (Perumalil, 1983, XVI).
		Being rich and known in the country he became a friend of the king of Cranganore who gave him a plot of land of 500 square yards to build a Church, in honor of St. Thomas, which is the one the Portuguese now have.” (Dionisio in 1578 (136), quoted by Kollaparambil, 1986, 7).
	www.knanayacatholics.com /articles/chapter1.htm (3895 words)

	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Information
		Founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle, this church was known as the Saint Thomas Christians.
		Later, in the 4th century, a settlement of Jewish Christians was founded in Kottayam in Southern India by Thomas Kanai at the behest of the Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East.
		December 22,1610 Archbishop Menezes of Goa restricts the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of St. Thomas Christians from the north of Malabar to the south.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church (818 words)

	Kaumudi Europe - Vienna News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Christians in and around Vienna, Austria, celebrated Christmas with a Holy Mass at Maria Lourde Church, Tivoligasse 20, 1120 at 3.30 pm on Dec 25 with a group of Rev.Fathers led by Rev.Father Johnson Vettoonickal.
		Christian dances are taught to 24 students on a priority basis for this year along with modern dance.
		Austrian Knanya Catholic Community organized an hearty welcome to Mar Mathew Moolakattil on the occasion of his visit to Vienna to inaugurate the registration for the 8th European Knanaya Kudumbamela and Convention 2006 which will be held in Vienna from 1 to 3 September 2006.
	www.kaumudi.com /london/vienna.stm (12757 words)

	Kottayam, Kottayam Tourist Attractions, Kottayam in Kerala
		Its interiors are embellished with fine vegetable dye paintings.
		The ancient Syrian Christian church set atop a small hill was built in 1550, by the descendants of Syrian Knanya Christians.
		The magnificent backwaters of Kottayam is must for every tourist visiting this charming town.
	www.indovacations.net /english/Kottayam_attraction.htm (648 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Twenty years after the Nicean Council (synod), Knai Thoma, a rich international merchant from Cana, brought a colony of 400 Syrian Christians consisting of 72 families belonging to 7 clans with instructions from the Patriarch of Antioch, Mor Yusthedius, to the Malabar coast of India.
		According to the Orthodox Christian faith a saint is also one whose soul is gone to heaven.
		A few minutes before his death, the bishop started a prayer with the people in the hospital and when he was praying the Lord’s prayer, he breathed his last and entered into his heavenly rest at about 11pm on Sunday the 29 of September of 2002 at the ripe old age of 84.
	www.knanaya.us /Metropolitans.html (2031 words)

	KNANAYA HISTORICAL SOURCES
		The KNANAYA people(Southists)form a distinct ethnic community among the Christians of India.
		they trace their origin to a Mesopotamian colony of seventy-two Jewish Christian families that immigrated to the India port-town of Kodungalloor in AD345,under the leadership of a merchant called Thomas Kinayi,accompanied by a Bishop,Uraha Mar Yausef,four priests and several deacons.
		Weil,S.(1982)"Symmetry between Christians and Jews in India:The Cananite Christians and Cochin Jews in Kerala.
	expage.com /page/knasources (248 words)

	Our Leaders
		At Kottayam, Kallissery and Ranny many faithful of the Knanaya community along with some priests joined the new movement and created a rift in the churches.
		It is quite unfortunate that he later converted himself to the Roman Catholic fold.
		Mor Clemis was born into the Vayala family in Ranni, on April 22, 1918 as the sixth offspring of Mr.
	www.stpetersknanaya.org /our_leaders.htm (856 words)

	Christianity / roman catholic church / syro-malabar catholic church
		Christianity / roman catholic church / syro-malabar catholic church
		This article is part of the Eastern Christianity Portal — Learn more about Eastern Christianity
		A list of the wikipedia authors can be found here.
	www.christianity-guide.com /christianity/syro-malabar_catholic_church.htm (881 words)

	rediff.com: Muslim leaders kept out of meeting with Vajpayee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While Muslim community leaders are outraged that none of them were invited to the encounter with Vajpayee, Christian circles are disappointed with the lack of representation to major denominations in the delegation that met with the prime minister on Sunday.
		John Joseph, who has been trying to wean away a section of Christian leaders to the BJP camp.
		The NMC member had drawn flak from senior Christian leaders for giving the Sangh Parivar a clean chit for the attacks on churches and Christian missionaries.
	us.rediff.com /news/2000/dec/31pm1.htm (320 words)

	Church & Liturgy Education Links - Catholic Answers Forums
		Likewise Catholic ministers licitly administer the sacraments of penance, the Eucharist and anointing of the sick to Christian faithful of Eastern Churches, who do not have full communion with the Catholic Church, if they ask for them on their own and are properly disposed.
		This holds also for the Christian faithful of other Churches, who according to the judgment of the Apostolic See, are in the same condition as the Eastern Churches as far as the sacraments are concerned
		As to the Polish National Catholic Church, the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity ruled in 1993 that faithful of the PNCC could be afforded the Sacraments in Catholic Churches and Catholics in the PNCC under similar circumstances to those described above.
	forums.catholic.com /showthread.php?t=12783 (6128 words)

	Kottayam Attractions, Attractions of Kottayam, Kottayam Attractions Guide: India Line Travel
		The church is located atop a hill and is dedicated to St Mary.
		It was constructed in 1550 AD by the successors of Syrian Knanaya Christians who came to India in 345 AD.
		The land on which the church stands today was donated by Hindu chieftain.
	www.indialine.com /travel/kerala/kottayam/attractions.html (1129 words)

	The Byzantine Forum: Churches & Rites
		A group of Christian faithful united by a hierarchy, according to the norm of law, which the supreme authority of the Church, expressly or tacitly, recognizes as sui iuris, is called in this Code a Church sui iuris.
		This is significant because it acknowledges that the Ethiopian Church is affording pastoral care to a distinct ethnic/national/cultural body of Eastern Christians (and, like it or not, in the homelands at least, Eastern and Oriental Catholic Churches are generally very much defined by such characteristics).
		Although formal Knanya jurisdictions exist only in that Church and the Syrian Orthodox Jacobite (Indian) Church, there are Knanaites within each of the Indian ecclesial communities (other than the Latin Catholic) and, officially or otherwise, provisions are made to accommodate their praxis in all of the Churches of Saint Thomas Christians.
	www.byzcath.org /forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=66442 (8038 words)

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