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	Niranam St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church - Niranam Valiyapally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church, Niranam, popularly known as Niranam Valiyapally, is a parish under the Niranam diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
		This church was founded by St. Thomas (Mar Thoma), the Apostle of Jesus Christ, in AD The present building, supposedly the fourth, was constructed in 1912 and was reinforced during the year 2000.
		Among the attractions at the church are a huge Cross made of granite, relics of St. Thomas, remnants of the old church, the golden cross etc.
	www.niranamchurch.com (532 words)

	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
		Christian writers and representatives of the Churches at least from the 4th century refer to the evangelistic labours of the Apostle Thomas in India and the Indian Christians ascribe the origin of their Church to this event in the first century.
		Malankara Orthodox Church had felt the need of assistance for establishing systematic education for its clergy, teaching the people in the faith, instructing the clergy in properly celebrating the liturgical services and above all assistance in the maintenance of the episcopal succession intact.
		Malankara Orthodox Church is now administered as per the constitution adopted in 1934 which was passed by the Malankara Syrian Christian Association.
	www.malankaraorthodoxchurch.org /malankara.htm (1897 words)

	The 20th century schism in the Malankara Church
		The history of the Syrian Orthodox Church, in India is a lesson for any serious student of history, about the drastic and destructive effects caused by the adamancy and autocracy of a bishop, Mar Dionasius VI who was not willing to abide by the long standing traditions of the church.
		The Malankara metropolitan was made the president of this body and was vested with full powers to file and conduct all legal suits on matters concerning the affairs of the church and to raise funds to finance such court proceedings.
		The Malankara Church pleaded for a Catholicate in Malankara to Mar Peter III and to Mar Abdul Masiah while he was on the throne.
	www.syrianchurch.org /Articles/PoothicoteZach.htm (3800 words)

	Malankara Syrian Orthodox Seminary, Udayagiri
		The Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary is a humble attempt to rediscover the treasures of the Syrian Church.
		The greatest asset and wealth of the Syrian Orthodox Church is nothing, but its one and a half million believers, who owe allegiance to the Holy Throne of Antioch.
		Jacob was born on March 14, 1947, became a deacon in 1971 and was ordained to priesthood in 1981.
	sor.cua.edu /ChMon/UdayagiriMSOTS/index.html (2764 words)

	Indian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East), is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Churches family.
		The present head of the Indian Orthodox church is H.H. Baselius Mar Thoma Didymos I. The official title of the head of the Church is "the Catholicos of the East seated on the throne of St Thomas and the Malankara Metropolitan".
		The Malankara Syrian Association is the parliament of the Church which is a body of bishops and elected laity and clergy representatives from all the parishes.
	www.niranamchurch.com /IndianOrthodoxChurch.asp (1788 words)

	St Marys Orthodox Syrian Cathedral
		In1599 at the Synod of Diamper, the assemblies of representative’s from the Indian Church were forced to give up the Church’s connection with the Patriarch of the Persian Church in favour of the Pope in Rome.
		Metropolitan Gregorios conformed the Episcopal consecration of Mar Thoma I as head of the Orthodox Church in India.
		In 1912, the Malankara Metropolitan Mar Dionysius VI, the Bishops and the Church with him was established as the Catholicate of the East with the cooperation of Patriarch Abdul Messiah of Antioch.
	www.mymalankara.com /malankara.htm (994 words)

	American Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - Becker Bible Studies Library
		It was established as a diocese in 1978 and honors the mother church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
		The Malankara Orthodox Church adopted a constitution in 1934 and it was passed by the Malankara Syrian Christian Association.
		The American Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church believes in the living Holy Spirit, and that he proceeds from the Father, and with the Father and the Son, is worshipped and glorified.
	www.guidedbiblestudies.com /library/malankara_orthodox.htm (972 words)

	St. Ignatious Syrian Orthodox Church
		The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
		This church continues in the faith of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and is under the Supreme Head of the Patriarch.
		Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church is under the Malankara Archdiocese of Syrian Orthodox Church in North America and Canada.
	www.stignatious.com /info.htm (420 words)

	Bahrain St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
		Peter's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church was established in 1978 and is directly under the rule of Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.
		The Syrian Orthodox Church in Bahrain, which was constructed by members of the then united Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, on a plot donated to the Patriarch H.H. Ignatius Yacoob III by the then Amir H.H. Sh.
		The Church was blessed with the Apostolic visits of Patriarch of Antioch and All the East H.H. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, in 1989 and 2003.
	groups.msn.com /BahrainSt-PetersJacobiteSyrianOrthodoxChurch (607 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.
		On the growth of the church in India during the first 15 centuries, the balance of historical evidence and the thrust of local tradition point to its basic autonomy sustained by the core of its own faith and culture.
		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)

	MAR THOMA CHURCH - ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH
		In 1852 Mathews Mar Athanasius was confirmed by Royal proclamation as the Metropolitan of the Malankara Church.
		The Mar Thoma Church retained its oriental form of worship and practices, and added to it a missionary zeal gained from study of the open Word of God and encouraged by the work of western missionaries.
		The Mar Thoma Church therefore, is neither a Protestant Church of the Western type nor an Orthodox Church of the Eastern type.
	www.marthomachurch.ca /marthoma/marthoma.asp (1391 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 fact that the Christian Church first appeared in India, as elsewhere, as a fellowship of self-governing communities, belonging to the same body and born into the same new life, may yet light the path to a future of peace, within and beyond the Orthodox community.
		The witness of the Orthodox Church is a quiet one.
	www.indianorthodoxchurchabudhabi.com /orthodoxchurch.htm (2866 words)

	Calendars of the Syriac Orthodox Church
		The Syriac Orthodox calendar begins with the Consecration of the Church (qoodosh `idto) which falls on the last Sunday of October if it happens to be the 30th or 31st of the month, or else the first Sunday of November.
		The apostles, saints and fathers of the Church are commemorated all through the year, typically on the day of their departure from this world and in most cases on fixed days on the Gregorian calendar.
		The Church in Malankara appears to have been influenced by the liturgical traditions of the Eastern tradition; the liturgical calendars in Malankara dedicate the fifth Sunday to the healing of the hunchback woman.
	sor.cua.edu /Calendar (1754 words)

	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
		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.
		The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church established an American diocese in 1978 to serve her immigrant members in America.
		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)

	Syriac Orthodox Church History
		The Syriac Orthodox Church is one of the most ancient Christian Churches tracing its roots to the Church of Antioch.
		The seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch moved to different monasteries including Qartmin, Qenneshrin (Chalkis, near Aleppo), Malatya, and Amid (Diyarbakir), and finally settled in 1293 in Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (also known as Kurkmo Dayro in Syriac and Deir Zafaran in Arabic) in Mardin.
		The Syriac Orthodox community there was partly a result of the Persian abduction of the Syrian population during the wars with Byzantium and forced settlement on Persian territory and partly of Christians in Persia who reacted against political imposition of the doctrines of the Church of the East.
	sor.cua.edu /History (1154 words)

	©´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·-The St. Johns ...
		The Other Orthodox Faction (till recently known as the Patriarch Faction of the Malankara Orthodox Church) chooses to declare the 'Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) Patriarch of Antioch' based at Damascus in Syria as their head and a local Catholicos (parallel to the autocephalous Orthodox Catholicos of the East) as the local prelate.
		They have split away with churches of their majority to form a new Church Body known as the 'Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church' with its head, a newly instituted Catholicos (subject to the Antiochene Syriac Orthodox Patriarch) owing adherence to a newly framed constitution in complete violation of the 1934 Malankara Church constitution.
		The Orthodox 'Catholicos of the East' also assumes the additional title of 'Malankara Metropolitan' according to the outcome of the Election of the 'Malankara Association', the body in charge of such issues according to the 1934 constitution of the undivided Malankara Church.
	www.geocities.com /mgocsm_stjohns/patdiv.htm (582 words)

	Malankara Archdiocese of Syrian Orthodox Church in N. Am. v Thomas (2006 NYSlipOp 07713)
		the Syrian Orthodox Church (hereinafter the Patriarch) and the Archbishop of its diocese, known as the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America (hereinafter the Archdiocese).
		Church, the Court of Appeals held that "even though members of a local group belong to a hierarchical church, they may withdraw from the church and claim title to real and personal property, provided that they have not previously ceded the property to the denominational church" (id.
		Church as precluding us from finding that church property has been ceded to the denomination on the basis of provisions in the organizational documents that are unrelated to real property ownership.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /reporter/3dseries/2006/2006_07713.htm (1455 words)

	MALANKARA SYRIAN CHURCH
		Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is one of the 37 Apostolic Churches: nine in Europe and 28 in the Afro-Asian continents.
		Catholicos is an ecclesiastical dignitary recognised in the Antiochien Syrian Church.
		Malankara Orthodox Church is administered according to the Constitution passed by the Malankara Syrian Christian Association in 1934.
	www.jesusandyou.com /article.asp?articleID=149 (5577 words)

	The Malankara Orthodox Church: Visit to the Oriental Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India. - Review - book reviews ...
		This church, which is the subject of one of the books under review, spread to the East and has existed in India since the 17th century.
		The Syrian Orthodox together with the Armenian Orthodox Church, the Ethiopians and the Copts form the family of Oriental Orthodox churches, which are not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox family of churches.
		The Malankara Orthodox Church: Visit to the Oriental Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India is organized in a similar way, looking at the history of the church and the life in the dioceses (including the seminary and monasteries), before giving an introduction to the spirituality of the church.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2065/is_2_51/ai_56063947 (852 words)

	Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition Biweekly - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Elevates To Archiepiscopal Church
		Russian Orthodox Church is constantly fighting against the divisive activities of Rome in recent times and this will be a major setback to Malankara Orthodox Church as a whole.
		Mar Ivanios secretly transacted correspondence with the Roman Catholic Church for he was afraid of the Patriarch of Antioch's divisive actions in Malankara Orthodox Church.
		The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church was elevated to the status of Major Archiepiscopal Church and its Metropolitan Cyril Mar Baselios as the first Major Archbishop and Sreshta Catholicos.
	www.orthodoxherald.com /churchnews13.asp (447 words)

	The Hindu : Crucial Malankara Church meet today
		The self-inflicted fatricidal war in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, among those owing allegiance to the Catholicos of the East and the Patriarch of Antioch, is all set to enter a new phase on Wednesday.
		The decision on the Malankara Metropolitanship is crucial for the future conduct of actions being contemplated by both factions, since the one who holds this post is the legal custodian of Church properties.
		The earliest signal to the future of the Church would be evident when the Supreme Court, on April 15 takes up the various complaints filed by affected parties on the issues of (i) conduct of the election and (ii) compliance with the judgment, which led to the present spurt in factional feud.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2002/03/20/stories/2002032008190300.htm (566 words)

	Malankara churches
		At http://www.indianorthodoxtv.com/association/news.html there is evidence that the faction adhering to the Catholicos (the Malankara Indian Orthodox) has a church flag: "June 8, 2004...Tomorrow, at 3 PM, His Holiness Catholicos will hoist the Church flag at Parumala seminary to mark the beginning of the Malankara Association." Haven't been able to find a picture or description yet.
		At http://malankara.net/MCA/constitution.htm the website of the Malankara Catholic Association the flag of the association is described: "XII A. Flag The papal flag bearing the emblem of the association is the flag of the organisation.
		In the case of the Syriac and Malankara Orthodox Churches, they are (almost universally) the seal of the Diocese / bishop or association, on a solid yellow background, representing the spiritual wealth of the people.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/rel-mala.html (699 words)

	LIGHT OF LIFE - Features
		There are true successionists of American Priests in the Orthodox Apostolic succession of the Malankara Orthodox Church, which is originated in the most southern part of India and established in AD 52 by the St.Thomas, disciple of Jesus Christ.
		Holy Transfiguration Malankara Orthodox Mission is developing a church community in Madison, Wisconsin with the faith, practices and rituals of the Malankara Orthodox Church, which is one of the trunk branch of the Orthodox Churches of the East.
		All of the ancient and Orthodox rites of Christian celebration, initiation, instruction, prayer and meditation had their beginnings in the unbroken apostolic Church of Christ and were developed in the first centuries after the Pentecost visitation of the Holy Spirit.
	www.ind-movement.org /archived_web_pages/light_of_life_features.html (2133 words)

	St Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Raleigh, NC - Home
		Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian 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.
		He has been an active organizer of youth groups in the Orthodox Church for the past several years and was the Secretary of The Orthodox Christian Youth Movement (OCYM) from 1993 -1996.
	www.stgregoriosnc.org (355 words)

	VATTASSERIL GEEVARGHESE MAR DIONYSIUS METROPOLITAN
		He bravely fought for the establishment of Catholicate to be the symbol of self-identity and independence of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
		He was claiming both spiritual and temporal authority in the Church of Malabar as a divine right while the Royal Court decision admitted only the spiritual authority, which Mar Dionysius VI and those who stood with him were willing to admit but opposed to his claim of temporal authority.
		He had organized matters connected with the Church in such a way that the people who followed him were assured of their spiritual and ecclesiastical needs satisfactorily met.
	www.stgregorioschurchdc.org /cgi/xpage.cgi?doc=vattasseril.doc (1864 words)

	Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, Kerala, India
		The Malankara Orthodox Syriac Church, which is the Holy See of the East, is the See of St. Thomas, the Apostle; and its head, the Catholicos is the legitimate successor of St. Thomas.
		The Catholicate of the East was established at the Jerusalem Synod in 231 A.D. The headquarters of the Church was first in Edessa in Persia.
		His Holiness Mor Thoma Baselius Didymos I is the current head of the Orthodox Syriac Church of East and he is the 90th successor of St. Thomas on his Apostolic Throne.
	www.ots.org.in /church (118 words)

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