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  Info and facts on 'Nasrani Patriarch'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Catholicos Patriarch +Mar Michai - Nasrani Patriarchate of Jerusalem
The name "Nasrani Church of the East" is officially registered as a legal entity within the United States of America and throughout the Church's canonical territory.
Members of the Nasrani Church of the East recognize and consider the Catholicos Patriarch as the rightful successor to the Ecclesiastical Chairs of Saints Peter, Thomas and James the Apostles for the Ecumenical mission of the Holy Nasrani Church of the East & Abroad.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/Nasrani_Patriarch.htm   (357 words)

  
 Saint Thomas Christians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nasranis are an ethnic people and in that sense a single community.
Thus, the East Syriac Church was Indian in culture, Christian in religion, and Judeo-Syro-Oriental in worship.
Nasrani Orthodox Nestorian Church of the East and Abroad
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Thomas_Christians   (1182 words)

  
 Fons Honorum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"We are Mathias Mar Yusef, Patriarch of the Apostolic Orthodox Church, and fons honorum.
We were elected Patriarch of the Apostolic Orthodox Church on October 8, 1996 during a meeting of the Holy Synod.
The noble titles of the 'Cross and Crozier' are ecclesiastical and honorific in nature and emanates from the Patriarchal Household of His Holiness Mathias Mar Yusef, Patriarch of the Apostolic Orthodox Church (Nasrani Mappila).
princelyhouseofthornley.com /fons_honorum.html   (1113 words)

  
 Knanaya Convention 2005 | Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Knananites 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 church established by St. Thomas, the apostle.
Patriarch Ignatius Aprem I ordained him a Ramban on April 8, 1951 and as the third Metropolitan of the Knanaya Diocese on April 15, 1951 at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Homs in Syria with the name Mor Clemis Abraham.
His Grace Mor Sevarios Kuriakose, ordained Metropolitan for the Knanaya diocese by the Patriarch of Antioch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas on 15th January 2004, is the fourth Metropolitan of the Knanaya diocese after its formation in 1910.
www.knaconvention.com /knanaya-convention-history.htm   (3322 words)

  
 St. Thomas Christians
The extinction of this primitive Christanity is due to the oppression of the Arabs, who now form the main population of the island, and to the scandelous neglect of the Nestorian Patriarchs who in former times were wont to supply the bishop and clergy for the island.
On their arrival they were received with great joy by the people, and the bishops commenced consecrating altars and ordaining a large number of priests "as they had been for a long time deprived of bishops".
This was the Bishop Mellus, whom the patriarch had sent over in spite of the strict prohibition of the same pope.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/st_thomas_christians.html   (9680 words)

  
 Definition of Syriac Orthodox Church - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The church is led by the Syrian Patriarch of Antioch.
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 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.
www.biocrawler.com /w/index.php/Syriac_Orthodox_Church   (486 words)

  
 Religions of Iran: A Brief History of Christianity in Iran [Page 2]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The new Patriarch was a native of Western China; he ruled the Church through a stormy period of seven reigns of Mogul kings.
The subsequent patriarchs confirmed this union and eventually Nestorianism was renounced and several thousand Persian Nestorians became Catholics and changed their name to Chaldean Christians, and because of Turkish persecution, chose Urumiah in Persia as the center for the patriarch.
The patriarchal seat of the Church of the East since World War II has been moved to Chicago, U.S.A. Civic organizations have emerged in both "Nestorian" and "Jacobite" centers with publications to promote national unity.
www.iranchamber.com /religions/history_of_christianity_iran2.php   (4536 words)

  
 Christianity - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Eastern Church recognized the Patriarch of Constantinople asthe "First among equals" of the numerous bishops in charge ofits autocephalous churches (see Eastern Orthodoxy).
In the European Reformation of the 1500s, Protestants and numerous similar churches arose inobjection to perceived abuses of growing Papal authority and to perceived doctrinal errorand novelty in Rome.
The ancient Christian-Jewish nasrani traditiontoday survives in South India.
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Christianity   (4588 words)

  
 Rule of the Order   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is, without apology, a new Order of Chivalry emanating from the Patriarchal Household of His Holiness, Mathias Mar Yusef, Patriarch of the Apostolic Orthodox Church of India (Nasrani Mappila).
The Patriarch may decline the Office and may appoint the Patriarch of another Church holding valid Apostolic Succession, such appointment meeting with the approval of the Supreme Council.
The Order, through the Patriarchal Household may ennoble members as a Mark of Honor; the Order or individual members may petition the Household to grant Noble Titles to those in their community who have performed outstandingly worthy service that betters the lot of individuals or humanity in general.
princelyhouseofthornley.com /pomg_rule.html   (1531 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Church of the East & Abroad
Related to the Saint Thomas Christians, known as the Holy Apostolic Orthodox Catholic Church of the East and Abroad - Mar Thoma Nasrani (Christian Thomasines).
Headquarted in the United States of America, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was transferred from China to India, from India to Portugal, from Portugual to the United States.
H.H. Catholicos Patriarch +Mar Isagelos - Michai is the head of the Church since 1991 after the passing of H.H. Catholicos Patriarch +Mar Dalin in Portugal.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Church_of_the_East_&_Abroad   (113 words)

  
 Syriac Orthodox Church - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
The Syriac Orthodox Church is held to be the first church of the Christianity established by the Apostle St.
The head of this Syrian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides in Damascus, the capital of the Arameans.
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.indopedia.org /Syrian_Orthodox_Church.html   (331 words)

  
 Simeon of Qal`a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar `Ebroyo
Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem I Barsaum, on the other hand, was well aware of the true nature of the relationship between Simeon, Jacob and Philoxenus Nemrod, as we may see from the section devoted to Simeon’s family, the Bet Tuma Madnhoyo, in his work on the history of Tur
Ebroyo’s] consent, (the Patriarch) deposed Faraj from Melitene and consecrated Nemrod as the Metropolitan of Melitene in the Monastery of Gawikat on Sunday 1st Teshrin I 1585 A.Gr.
The conflict ended, so to speak, in a legal victory for the Simeonians but in a moral victory for the patriarchal party, since some years after securing their legal rights to the monastery, the Simeonians, realising their unpopularity with the faithful, decided to reconcile themselves with the patriarch.
syrcom.cua.edu /hugoye/vol4no1/HV4N1Takahashi.html   (12145 words)

  
 || Indian Christianity ||
And t hereon, with the sanction of Eusthathius Patriarch of Antioch, and odd persons, comprising men, women and boys, with Episcopa Joseph of Uratta and priests and deacons, were placed under the orders of the respectable merchant, Thoma of Cana, and sent off by ship to Malayalam, with blessing.
In 1504 certain Nestorian bishops in India wrote a report to the Nestorian Patriarch of Babylon and this Syriac report is in the Vatican library with a latin translation dated 1533 of the report and of an addition to the report, which addition gives the history of these bishops and of their companions.
The Patriarch Simeon died in 1502 and was succeeded by Elias, who chose three monks from the monastery of St. Eugene to be consecrated as bishops for India.
www.indianchristianity.org /malankara.htm   (16581 words)

  
 Christianity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The canonical books of the New Testament were agreed, early translations appeared, and a church hierarchy emerged: the Bishops of Alexandria, Antioch and Rome assumed the title Patriarch.
The Eastern Church recognized the Patriarch of Constantinople as the "First among equals" of the numerous bishops in charge of its autocephalous churches (see Eastern Orthodoxy).
In the European Reformation of the 1500s, Protestants and numerous similar churches arose in objection to perceived abuses of growing Papal authority and to perceived doctrinal error and novelty in Rome.
www.worldslastchance.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Christianity   (5543 words)

  
 Read about Syriac Orthodox Church at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Syriac Orthodox Church and learn about Syriac ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The current head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch H.H. Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, who resides in
The church in Malankara is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head.
His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Syriac_Orthodox_Church   (351 words)

  
 dilemma-part2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In a charter granted to the newly appointed Nestorian patriarch, the latter was empowered to act as head of the Nestorian Christians and the representative also of the Greeks, Jacobites, and Melkites in the Muslim lands.
The previous patriarch of the Eastern Church, Mar Shamoun, a name adopted by Sulaqa's successors soon after his death, is a descendant of the line founded by Sulaqa..the founder of "Chaldean Catholic Church".
Actually, the Nestorian Patriarchs kept using a seal which bear the marks "The Weak Shamoun, Patriarch of the Chaldeans" till 1975 with the death of the last of the Shamouns, that of Mar Shamoun XXIII who was assasinated in San Fancisco in 1975.
www.chaldeansonline.net /Banipal/English/dilemma-part2.html   (5647 words)

  
 Christianity in Iran, Christians in Iran, History of Christianity in Iran, History of Christians in Iran
Between 450 and 500 the Nestorians, followers of Nestorius the patriarch of Constantinople who created his own brand of Christianity were persecuted in the Roman Empire.
From 488 during the reign of Qubad, the whole Persian Church adopted Nestorianism at the synod of Jundaishapour (Syrian Beth Lapat) and henceforth the Catholicos of Seleucia became the patriarch of the Nestorian Church of Persia, Syria, China, and India.
Some of the patriarchs of the Nestorian Church were converts, or sons of converts, from magi priesthood.
www.farsinet.com /iranbibl/christians_in_iran_history.html   (8577 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, or sometimes called Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, an Orthodox church in Malankara (Kerala) is a branch and an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas as its supreme head.
The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of India, His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
In contrast, another faction of Malankara Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is the Indian Orthodox Church, an autocephalous church.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Malankara_Syriac_Orthodox_Church   (141 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
451) was a pupil of Theodore of Mopsuestia in Antioch in Syria and later became Patriarch of Constantinople.
Holy See of Saint James, Patriarchate of Jerusalem is a multinational Autocephalous Church in...
Nasrani Church of the East (St. Thomas Christians) Orthodox Nestorian
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 Thoma in Kerala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We are told that the Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon reproved the bishop of Rawarishir, in the southwestern Persian province of Fars, for neglecting his duties, which included oversight of churches in India and other places on the Arabian Sea.
Nasrani Mappila (Respected Nazarene) became a frequent appellation.
An old Malayalam proverb says that "Flies, cats, dogs, and Nasranis have no pollution" - a saying with an edge, perhaps, but one recognizing that to touch a Thomas Christian is not polluting for high-caste Hindus.
www.soulindia.com /actofthoma/Thoma_in_Kerala/thoma_in_kerala.html   (1768 words)

  
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Thus, the East Syrian Church was Hindu in culture, Christian in religion and Syro-Oriental in worship.
While the last trait may vary greatly in the present day among different heirs to the Nasrani tradition, their cultural identity as Hindu has not been lost.
In 1498, when the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama landed on the Malabar coast, there were an estimated two million Christians across the land, and they had 1,500 churches under the jurisdiction of a single Metropolitan who lived in Angamale.
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 Culture of Iran
Nestorianism had been rejected at a meeting of Christians from all over at 431 in Ephesus (Turkey) and their bishops were forced to flee to Iran.
Khosro III (630) was killed in an insurrection headed by a Christian whose father had been the chief financial officer of the realm.
They adhered to their separate Patriarch in Syria and created a massive rift between Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Rome.
www.cultureofiran.com /Christianity.php   (8527 words)

  
 church histoyr information,church history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Saint John Chrysostom (Patriarch of Constantinople) dies in exile forcriticizing the imperial court in his homilies.
Christianity was not restricted to the Mediterranean basin and its hinterlands; at the time of Jesus a large proportion of theJewish population lived in Mesopotamia outside the Roman Empire, especially in the city of Babylon, where much of the Talmud was developed.
The personal excommunications were mutually rescinded by the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople in the 1960s, althoughthe schism is not at all healed.
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 Hebrew Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HE Patriarch +Mar Tulmai (Aram Cardoso) was born in Portugal in 1969.
Aram's mother was Yemini Jewish and his father was ChaldoAssyrian Jewish and both parents and his grandparents (all members of the Nasrani Church of the East) lived in India for a time until they moved to Portugal.
When Aram is not doing research on Biblical Languages, he is travelling from church to church within the Patriarchate of South America.
www.hebrewcatholicchurch.org /home/bishop.php   (305 words)

  
 Religion of a Lie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was their all-powerful tribal Lord and had promised the patriarch Abraham to exalt their race above all others.
The Arabic term for Christian is Nasrani and the Islamic Koran refers to Christians as Nasara.
This was revealed as recently as 1958 when a manuscript of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople was discovered in a monastery at mar Saba, east of Jerusalem.
www.thegrimoire.com /religion_of_a_lie.htm   (5777 words)

  
 Messianic Jews
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.
Knanaites are very distinct, ethnic and religious group of people whose ancestry traces back to Abraham, the Patriarch of the Old Testament.
However, a group under the leadership of a Knanaya priest, Anjilimmoottil Ittythomman Kathanar (Rev. Itty Thomas), resisted the Portuguese during the middle of the 17th Century.
www.drsusanjacob.jesusanswers.com /photo2.html   (1965 words)

  
 Christianity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Great Schism of 1054 split the universal Church into Western Eastern branches: the Western branch gradually consolidated the Catholic Church under the central authority Rome (see Catholicism) while the Eastern branch became known the Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Constantinople as the most honored among its autocephalous churches (see Eastern Orthodoxy).
In the European Reformation of the 1520s Protestants and numerous similar churches arose in to perceived abuses of growing Papal authority to perceived doctrinal error and novelty in This sparked a vigorous struggle for the and minds of Europeans.
For information about the various "super-bodies" churches which many individual congregations or in cases bishoprics of these churches associate under full communion.
www.freeglossary.com /Christianity   (3300 words)

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