The first Catholicos of Malankara Orthodox Church, H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Paulose I, was born on January 19, 1836 at Vettithara village near Kolenchery to the couple Mariamma and Kurien of the Murimattom family, belonging to the ancestral Pakalomattom family, from Bharananganam, a family that was christened by St. Thomas. The Read more…
Mar Sabor {Sapir, Sapor, Sabrisho} and Mar Afroth {Proth, Prodh, Prot, Aproth, Firuz, Piruz} were two holy, saintly, Syrian bishops monks, brethren, who came to Malabar as missionaries, to preach the Gospel, with a migrant group, led by a successful merchant from Persia, named Marvan Sapor Esho (also known as Bar Read more…
Mar Gregorios Abdal Jaleel was an Orthodox bishop of Jerusalem who was in India from 1664 until his death in 1681. He was born in Mosul, Iraq. He was ordained Priest upon completing his theological studies. In 1653 he was ordained Bishop Metropolitan, by the name Mar Timotheos for Ameed (Diyarbakir) diocese in Turkey by the Patriarch Mar Ignatius Read more…
Mar Thoma I, also known as “Valiya Mar Thoma” (Mar Thoma the Great), is the first native, democratically elected, indigenously selected Metropolitan bishop of the Malankara Church, after the Coonen Cross Oath in Jan 1653 AD. Prior to this the Malankara Church was ruled by Malankara Moopens (elders). He had led Read more…
Mar Thoma III was the third metropolitan bishop who was the Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Church, from 1686 to 1688. He was a historical and spiritual leader, of the Malankara Church. He was born in Pakalomattom family, one of the oldest families at Kadamattom. The leaders of the Malankara Church selected Mar Thoma III as his predecessor Mar Read more…
Mar Ivanios Yuhanon, a metropolitan from Antioch, Syria, visited Malankara in 1751 and made the western maliga (double storied building) of the Pazhya Suriyani Pally. Mar Ivanios, credited with the propagation the liturgy of Mar Yacob in Malankara. There is legend regarding Mar Ivanios’ arrival in Chengannur. When he reached Read more…
LL HG Puthencavil Geevarghese Mar Philoxenos, Metropolitan bishop, who loved and lived entirely for the Church, was born on 10 June 1897 as the third son of Thomas Kathanar of Puthencavu Kizhekethalackal family and Rahelamma of Chungathil family of Koipuram. He was chosen by God from his mother’s womb like Read more…
Mar Thoma II was the second Metropolitan of the Malankara Syrian Church from 1670 to 1686.He belonged to the Parampbil house, of the Pakalomattom family of Kuravilangad. He was the nephew of Mar Thoma I. He ascended the throne the Malankara Church, after the passing away Mar Thoma I. He was consecrated by Mar Thoma Read more…
Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Ivanios was born on November 14, 1940 in Madurai, in the Keeyath family, Othera, as third son of K George and Annamma. His father, a railway employee, belonged to Marthoma Church. He spent his early childhood in Madurai until he was four years old and then shifted Read more…
Konat Geevarghese Mar Julios hailed from the ancient famous Konat family. Geevarghese was born to Konat Mathen & Kunjilachar of the Konat family in 1829. He studied theology under the guidance of his relatives Malankara Malpans Konat Abraham & Yuhannon Konatt and became a great scholar in Syriac language and Read more…