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	Syriac Orthodox Church - A Brief Overview
		The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicos of the East, consecrated by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
		The Chief Bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch.
		The Sacraments of the Church are: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Repentance, the Priesthood, Anointing of the Sick, and Marriage.
	sor.cua.edu /Intro/index.html (3064 words)

	Syriac Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The church is led by the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch.
		The church in Malankara, Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
		Both it and the Chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church (711 words)

	Indian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
	www.athertoncaus.com /info/Malankara_Orthodox_Church (1051 words)

	Syriac Orthodox Church - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Syriac Orthodox Church is held to be the first church of Christianity established by the Apostle St.
		The current head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
		The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of India, currently His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Syriac_Orthodox_Church (486 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Syriac Orthodox Church
		The church is led by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
		The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicos of India, currently His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch in 2002.
		Both it and the Chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox Church claim to be the sole legitimate church of Antioch and successor of the Apostle St. Peter.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church (2264 words)

	Oriental Orthodox - OrthodoxWiki
		The Oriental Orthodox churches rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon.
		The separation resulted in part from the Oriental Orthodox churches' refusal to accept the Christological dogmas promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon, which held that Jesus Christ has two natures — one divine and one human, although these were inseparable and only act as one hypostasis.
		The Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian Church) is sometimes considered an Oriental Orthodox Church, although it is not in communion with Oriental Orthodox churches and they have a Nestorian or Nestorian-like Christology that differs from the declaration of the Council of Chalcedon in an opposite way from the Monophysites.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Oriental_Orthodox (516 words)

	Margoneetho: Syriac Orthodox Resources
		Syriac Christian literature depicts the pearl variously, as a symbol of our Lord, faith and the human soul.
		Revised English translation of the definitive work on the literary heritage of the Syriac Orthodox Church by the eminent scholar and late Patriarch Mor Aphrem I Barsoum published by Gorgias Press.
		The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church and Its Aramaic Heritage
	sor.cua.edu (265 words)

	St. George Syrian Orthodox Church, Cheppaud. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
		The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of the East, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
		The Syriac Orthodox Church rejects this belittling label which suggests that the Church was founded by St. Jacob.
	groups.msn.com /StGeorgeSyrianOrthodoxChurchCheppaud/yourwebpage.msnw (1170 words)

	St Thomas Syriac Orthodox Church
		The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syrian Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
		The Chief Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church is The Patriarch of Antioch.
		The local head of the church in Malankara (India) is the Catholicos of India His Beatitude Baselius Thomas I.He is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and is accountable to the Holy Synod and the local Malankara Synod.
	stsyriacchurch.homeip.net /history.htm (2419 words)

	St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church Dallas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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 witness of the Orthodox Church is a quiet one.
		The Malankara Metropolitan, as all Metropolitans, is elected by the Malankara Association and approved by the Holy Episcopal Synod.
	www.stmarysdallas.org /orthodoxchurch.html (2898 words)

	History of Syrian Orthodox Church in India - Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church of India
		The Church in Malankara continued to be under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch, and his subordinate in the East, the Catholicos/Maphriyono, till the arrival of Nestorian bishops in 1490.
		Joseph with the consent of the entire Malankara Church went to the Patriarchate at Mardin in Turkey and was ordained as Mor Dionysius Joseph by the Patriarch Mor Ignatius Yakub II.
		The entire Malankara Church was happy at these and in August 1876, a Synod was held at Mulunthuruthy and at that historical meeting, with almost all the representatives of Malankara Church, decided in favour of the decision of the Patriarch.
	www.syrianchurch.org /MalankaraSyrianChurch/MalankaraHistory.htm (6919 words)

	Malankara Church History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
		Joseph with the consent of the entire Malankara Church went to the Patriarchate at Mardin in Turkey and was ordained as Mor Dionysius Joseph by the Patriarch Mor Ignatius Yakoob II.
		The entire Malankara Church was happy at these and in August 1876, a Synod was held at Mulunthuruthy and at that historical meeting, with almost all the representatives of Malankara Church, decided in favour of the decision of the Patriarch.
	www.catholicose.org /PauloseII/MalankaraChurch.htm (6604 words)

	Syrian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church of Kerala, a branch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
		or Malankara Jacobite Orthodox Church (before split), any Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox or Malankara Orthodox Church before split.
		This page was last modified 03:57, 19 June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Orthodox_Church (110 words)

	Church of the East in India
		The significant contribution of the Church of the East in India as far as the Syriac literature is concerned, is two-fold.
		The Church of the East in India is using the Liturgy of Addai and Mari.
		As for the third ecumenical council that was held in 431 AD at Ephesus the Church of the East opposed it because it was stage-managed by Cyril of Alexandria, arch rival of Nestorius of Constantinople.
	www.nestorian.org /church_of_the_east_in_india.html (4445 words)

	Oriental Orthodoxy - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The separation resulted in part from the Oriental Orthodox churches' refusal to accept the Christological dogmas promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon, which held that Jesus has two natures — one divine and one human, although these were inseparable and only act as one hypostasis.
		The confusions and schisms that occurred between their Churches in the later centuries, they realize today, in no way affect or touch the substance of their faith, since these arose only because of differences in terminology and culture and in the various formulae adopted by different theological schools to express the same matter.
		The Assyrian Church of the East is sometimes, although incorrectly, considered an Oriental Orthodox Church.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy (649 words)

	Oriental Orthodoxy - Wikichristian
		The Oriental Orthodox Communion refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keep the faith of only the first three ecumenical councils and reject the the Council of Chalcedon.
		Thus, despite potentially confusing nomenclature, Oriental Orthodox churches are distinct from the churches that collectively refer to themselves as Eastern Orthodoxy.
		The Oriental Orthodox churches came to a parting of the ways with the remainder of Christianity in the 5th century.
	www.wikichristian.org /Eastern_Oriental (154 words)

	Syriac Orthodox Primates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		H.H. Patriarch and H.B. Catholicose with the Metropolitans of the Holy Church
		I. Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church
		Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East
	syriacchristianity.org /bio/SyriacOrthodox/Metropolitans.htm (185 words)

	Malankara Archdiocese
		Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church Denver, Colorado Church Homepage Rev.
		Basil Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church Albuquerque, NM Rev.
		Churches in Washington D.C. St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church Washington DC 4711 Knox Rd College Park, MD 20740 Church Homepage Rev.
	www.malankara.com /churchlist.htm (575 words)

	Indian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, Kerala, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	Orthodox churches
		The reconciliation between the two church bodies is expected to occur in May 2007 when the Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate adopts the "Act of Canonical Communion" already approved by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops.
		The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered the spiritual leader of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
		It is to be noted that the spiritual leadership is not in the same sense understood for the one extended among the Eastern Orthodox Churches to the Church of Constantinople, it is however, in the spirit of respect and honour for the Apostolic Throne of Alexandria.
	www.ecumenism.net /denom/orthodox.htm (1642 words)

	Oriental Orthodoxy Summary
		Oriental Orthodox Churches include the Syrian Orthodox Church (also known as the Jacobite Church), the Armenian Gregorian Apostolic Orthodox Church, and, outside Asia, the Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Church, of which the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is a branch.
		The Oriental Orthodox churches are therefore often called Monophysite churches, although they reject this label, which is associated with Eutychian Monophysitism, preferring the term "non-Chalcedonian" or "Miaphysite" churches.
		The Assyrian Church of the East is sometimes, although incorrectly, considered an Oriental Orthodox Church.
	www.bookrags.com /Oriental_Orthodoxy (1285 words)

	Parumala Church
		he leadership of the Malankara Orthodox Church was very particular that the new church at Parumala should be designed and constructed in consideration of the antiquity of the Orthodox Church and the basic customs and traditions of the people of Kerala.
		Then there arose the question as to whether the old church building should be completely demolished or whether the new church should be built very close to the old one, there by retaining the old church intact.
		The water proofing of the roof of the new church was done by using fibre glass sheets between layers of the tape crete.
	parumalachurch.blog4you.com (940 words)

	Catholic Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church
		Catholic Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church
		Syrian Orthodox Church on Interchurch Marriages"; this dialogue was undertaken "because of the urgency of problems of
		On the occasion of these celebrations, the couple as well as their family members belonging to these two churches are allowed to participate in the Holy Eucharist in the church where the sacrament of matrimony is celebrated.
	www.suryoyo.uni-goettingen.de /news/marriages.html (1278 words)

	St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Sharjah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Church of Antioch is the second established church in Christendom after Jerusalem.
		Fourthly, and most importantly, it demonstrates the unity of the body of Christ by the multiethnic nature of its faithful: A visit to your local Syriac Orthodox Church would demonstrate, for example, the blend of Near Eastern and Indian cultures in the motifs and vestments of clergy.
		The Syriac Orthodox faithful come primarily from Middle Eastern countries and the Indian state of Kerala (Malankara).The supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.
	www.stmaryssharjah.com /the_church.htm (464 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Antioch was the political capital of this culture, and was the seat of the patriarchs of the church.
		The Maronite Church found itself caught between the two, but claims to have always remained faithful to the Catholic Church and in communion with the bishop of Rome, the Pope.
		Syriac Christians were involved in the mission to India, and many of the ancient churches of India are in communion with their Syriac cousins.
	stron.frm.pl /wiki.php?title=Syriac_Christianity (480 words)

	Malankara Indian Orthodox Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Because of disputes over the division of authority between the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church- The Patriarch of Antioch- and the local head of the Malanakara Church- the Catholicos of the East- the church split into 2 parties.
		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.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/rel-mala.html (502 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)

	ICON - Malankara's Mythical Minefields V
		The Primate of the Orthodox Syrian Church is the Patriarch of Antioch'.
		Thus, while we are in reality an autocephalous church, as a result of the conflict within our church, we've been constrained to accept the courts of the land as the final arbiter.
		Instead of being in denial, the challenge before our church leadership would be to peacefully resolve this issue, even as we maintain our warm relationship with the family of Oriental Orthodox Churches.
	www.icon.org.in /iconarchives_malankaramyths.icon?method=getArticle&id=5 (1082 words)

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