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  Malankara Syrian Orthodox Seminary, Udayagiri
The Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary is a humble attempt to rediscover the treasures of the Syrian Church.
The project plan of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary contains a theological college, library, chapel, auditorium, guesthouse, staffquarters, printing press, hostel for students, houses for brotherhoods and sisterhoods, etc. The Seminary is thus one of the most important institutions of the 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.
sor.cua.edu /ChMon/UdayagiriMSOTS   (2764 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Syrian Orthodox Church uses the Antiochene liturgy, and performs it in Syriac, which is a language close to Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
1663: The Syrian Church splits, and one group becomes affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and accepts the pope in Rome as the highest authority.
1930: The Syrian Orthodox Church of Kerala, India, splits from its main church in Syria, and joins the Roman Catholic Church as The Malankarese Catholic Church.
lexicorient.com /e.o/syr_orth.htm   (434 words)

  
 The SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTIOCH   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Syrians are the Arameans themselves, the inhabitants of the Fertile Crescent region (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, and Southeastern Turkey).
They split from the Syrian church of Antioch and established themselves a center of leadership in Madaen, Iraq, and then moved it, later on, to Baghdad in 762 A.D. Until recently, their church was known by the name "the Syrian church of the East", or the "Syrian Nestorian Church".
Their Orthodox Syrian brethren called them in the second half of the 5th century in their Syriac mother tongue Malkoye, i.e., Melkites which means the followers of the king, as they abandoned the faith of their Syrian ancestors and adopted the faith of the Byzantine king Marcion.
www.catholicose.org /PauloseII/Church_History_Universal.htm   (4941 words)

  
 Niranam St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church - Niranam Valiyapally
Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church, Niranam, popularly known as Niranam Valiyapally, is a parish under the Niranam diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
Epiphany (Denaha), the Baptism of Jesus Christ, is an important feast in the liturgical cycle of Orthodox Churches.
Though St. Thomas Christians (Syrian Christians) have moved to various denominations, the parental body - Indian Orthodox Church - maintained its independent nature and is headed by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas, Moran Mar Baselius Marthoma Mathews II.
www.niranamchurch.com   (533 words)

  
 The Syrian Orthodox Church "A Brief Overview"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Syrian Orthodox Church believes that the death of Christ was the separation of His soul from His body, but His deity did not at any time leave either His body or His soul.
The Chief Bishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church is The Patriarch of Antioch.
The supreme head of the Syrian Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and all the
home.flash.net /~malel/SOChruch.htm   (2679 words)

  
 St. Ignatious Syrian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Orthodox church is one of the ancient Churches of the world and has a membership of about one hundred and twenty five million.
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   (428 words)

  
 Indian Orthodox Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 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.
The Malankara Syrian Christian Association of 1934 adopted a constitution for the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
www.niranamchurch.com /IndianOrthodoxChurch.asp   (1788 words)

  
 Palmer: The Mardin Syrian Orthodox Press
The Syrian Orthodox community in Aleppo has been strengthened, since the late nineteenth century, by large groups migrating from elsewhere to the city.
Another group of Syrians, which worships in the Cathedral Church of St. Ephraim, in Suleimaniye, Aleppo, traces its origins to the province of Mardin in north-eastern Mesopotamia, an area where there are still some Syrian Orthodox villages, in spite of the fact that it is presently a part of Turkey.
This Syrian Orthodox Bishop evidently feels quite happy about publishing a Coptic theologian; indeed, in spite of the cultural differences, these two Oriental Orthodox Churches have remained close, with only short periods of disunity, throughout their history.
syrcom.cua.edu /Hugoye/Vol1No1/DarMardin.html   (4345 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox Church | Identity
It would be most helpful to remind you of the identity of our Holy Church: The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch the apostolic see of which was established in AD 37 by St. Peter, the chief of apostles in Antioch the ancient capital of Syria.
We, the Syrian Orthodox, are all one in our Lord Jesus Christ one in our church which is the mystical body of Christ and one in our holy apostolic see of Antioch which represents the supreme spiritual authority in the Church.
It is clear that women in the Syrian Church occupy a highly elevated position as deaconesses, nuns' mothers of holy fathers and women dedicating their lives to chastity and celibacy.
www.syrianorthodoxchurch.com /Identity.htm   (2826 words)

  
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Also, an estimated 2,000 Syrian Catholics, whose ancestors converted from the Syrian Orthodox rite, are scattered in small communities in the southeast.
Syrian Catholics retain the distinct Syrian Orthodox rite but recognize the spiritual authority of the Roman Catholic pope.
Because the patriarch's authority extends to all Orthodox believers outside Greece and the Middle East, he is considered the honorary head of the church for communities of Orthodox Christians living in the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
www.photius.com /countries/turkey/society/turkey_society_structure_of_society.html   (1015 words)

  
 Malankara Church History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
While the 'Bava Kakshi' continued to be known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church, the 'Methran Kakshi' by the middle of 1920's adopted the name, first as 'Orthodox Syrian Church of Malabar' and then 'Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church' after the adoption of a constitution in 1934 for their group.
Consecration of the Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II Consequently the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church elected Mor Philoxenos Paulose as the new Catholicose-designate and in 1975 he was ordained as Catholicose Mor Baselios Paulose II for the Indian Church.
The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church of Malankara, though in its long history, had to put up with stiff challenge, trials and tribulations, by God's grace, even now it continues to, practice the true Apostolic faith taught by its Holy fathers and be a part of the ancient Universal Syriac Orthodox Church with its distinct identity.
www.catholicose.org /PauloseII/MalankaraChurch.htm   (6604 words)

  
 St.Gregorios Abdul'Galeel, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When the Syrian Christians found it impossible to convince either the Raja of Cochin or the Portuguese, they gathered together under the leadership of Itty Thommen Kathanar and went directly to the Portuguese Military headquarters at Cochin Fort to release their Patriarch by any means.
(Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem was also known as the 5th Patriarch which is the most prestigious order in the church after the Patriarch of Antioch and the Mafriyono).
It was in 1637, at the age of 30, Thomas Kathanar (MarThoma I) succeeded Geevarghese Arkadiyokan as the administrator of the Malankara Church.
www.saintgregorios.org /PARAVUR/BriefBiographies.htm   (5703 words)

  
 St. Nicholas Church History
The purpose of the club was to unite all the 35 Syrian Soueidie families in the community for the purpose of holding religious services and social gatherings.
Their idea was to become closer with the Syrians in the surrounding communities and eventually having a church for their own group.
Due to the fact that the Greek Orthodox Church spoke Greek during the Divine Liturgy and at Sunday School, the Syrians were not learning the background of their own Orthodox faith.
members.aol.com /stnicksbpt/history.htm   (1746 words)

  
 Mor Mattai Dayro, Mosul, Iraq
Mor Mattai Dayro is the oldest Syrian Orthodox monastery in north east Mesopotamia.
The town of Bashiqa is situated 21 kilometers north east of Mosul and 11 kilometers north west of Bartalla, with 30 % of the population being Syrian Orthodox.
At the foot of Mor Mattai monastery, the village of Merga is inhabited by Syrian Orthodox.
syriacchristianity.org /chu/MorMattaiDayro.htm   (1283 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch --  Encyclopædia Britannica
also called Syrian Orthodox Church, or Syrian Jacobite Church, body of Syrian Christians who are Monophysites, acknowledging only one nature in Christ; it is administered by the Syrian patriarch of Antioch.
Eastern Orthodox Churches are usually identified by nationality and are the result of the Catholicism.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9070778   (809 words)

  
 Syrian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syrian_Orthodox_Church   (105 words)

  
 CIN - The SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTIOCH - BY Rev. Fr. Dr. JOSEPH TARZI   (Site not responding. Last check: )
CIN - The SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTIOCH - BY Rev. Fr.
Yohanna Bar Yawsef, a Syrian priest from Taphliss (southern Russia), translated the Bible into the Persian language in 1221 A.D. In the first decade of the 19th century, Raban Philipos the Syrian from Mallabar, India translated it to Mallealem, the language of Southern India.
This was followed by the persecution instigated by Behram II from 420-438, in which Simon, the son of Sabbagheen the bishop 329 A.D., Bar Baashameen the bishop, Mar Behnam and his sister Sarah and the 40 cavalries, Yohanna son of Najjareen, St. James Muqatta and Mar Ahodemeh were killed.
www.al-bushra.org /mag08/esyrian.htm   (2187 words)

  
 Syrian Catholic Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By this, the Syrian branch is allowed to retain its customs and rites, even when these differ from the traditions of the Roman church.
Many Syrian Catholic priests are today married, even if they legally are bound to celibacy since 1888.
18th century: The Syrian Catholics suffers from much persecution from the Ottoman rulers, as they considered the Syrian Orthodox to be the true Syrian Christians.
i-cias.com /e.o/syr_cath.htm   (356 words)

  
 Syriac Christianity
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, maintained by the Archdiocese of the Eastern USA
The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, maintained by Theodora, Touma and Tomayess Issa, Australia
Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Greater India (Outside Kerala diocese)
www.syrianchurch.org /Links.htm   (406 words)

  
 History
Its official beginning as an Orthodox jurisdiction in America began on May 29, 1892, when Father Joseph Rene (Vilathi), a priest who served the Belgian congregations of Little Sturgeon and Green Bay Wisconsin, was summoned to Ceylon to be consecrated the first Bishop for the Church in America.
The American Church eventually separated from the Orthodox Syrian Church over politics and a difference of opinion regarding the Council of Chalcedon, which the American Church accepted, and this led to the usual disputes concerning the consecration.
As with all the Holy Churches of Orthodox Faith women are not allowed to be ordained because of tradition and the decrees of the early Church Fathers.
www.rbsocc.org /history.html   (2330 words)

  
 Shroro: The Syriac Orthodox Christian Digest
The Syrian Orthodox Church and its Diaspora in Malankara is joining world wide relief, serving the victims of the massive earthquake disaster and Tsunami throughout Southern Asia, particularly in the costal area of Kerala state of India.
The Syrian Orthodox Church in Malankara is donating 1,000,000 rupees to the people affected by the recent disaster due to Tsunami waves.
The Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, H. H Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas sent a message of sympathy and support to the government and people of India with regard to the loss of life and damage to property caused by the tidal wave.
www.socdigest.org /news/05dec04.html   (753 words)

  
 The Orthodox Churches in India
The fact that the Thomas Christians always remained very attached to the bishops of their own Rite and merely tolerated the government of the Latin bishops, is clear from the many petitions they sent to many authorities.
The dream of the Christians, aroused by the arrival of Ahatallah, to be once more an autonomous Church under a Syrian prelate was shattered.
The attempt of reconciliation was successful to a certain extent, and many including three councilors of the pseudo-archbishop, came back to the Catholic fold.
members.tripod.com /~berchmans/orthodox.html   (1323 words)

  
 Aphrim Barsoum's Role in distancing the Syrian Orthodox Church from its Assyrian Heritage
The Job of ridding the Syrian Orthodox church from its Assyrian identity was given to the Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel who had been a Metropolitan of the Saint Mark's Convent in Jerusalem known also as "Assyrian convent" according to a street sign leading to it.
It should not surprise us that members of the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East become more willing to assert their Assyrian national identity about the same time which was an acknowledgement of already known historical facts.
Redefining the national identity of the Syrian Orthodox Church was a mean by Aphrim Barsoum to stop at its track the national unity evolving between members of his church and that of the Church of the East.
www.christiansofiraq.com /barsoum.html   (3134 words)

  
 The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East: A Brief Introduction to its Life and Spirituality (Geneva, 1998), 184pp.
At the same time they help the Syrian faithful, who are spread over the whole world and live in minority situations, to rediscover their own roots.
The second part of the book deals with the Syrian spirituality, first giving an overview of Syriac literature and of studies of this language (which is close to the language which Jesus probably spoke and which is still the basis of the Syrian Orthodox liturgy).
members.home.nl /midyad/articles/bookreviews/soca.html   (823 words)

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