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Catholicos of the East ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ | |
|---|---|
| Syriac Orthodox Church | |
| Incumbent: vacant (elected) | |
| Style | Aboon Mor His Beatitude the Catholicos |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Headquarters | Patriarch Ignatius Zaka I Iwas Centre, Kerala, India |
| Information | |
| First holder | Saint Ahudemmeh of Balad[1] Augen I |
| Denomination | Oriental Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church |
| Rite | West Syriac Rite |
| Established | 1964 |
| Diocese | Jacobite Syrian Christian Church |
| Cathedral | Mar Athanasius Cathedral |
| Patron father | Saint Thomas the Apostle |
| Parent church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Website | |
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The Catholicos of India,[2][3] [4] or Maphrian of the India,[5][6] is the head[7][8] of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church or Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, a Maphrianate of the Syriac Orthodox Church in india, functioning within the Church at an ecclesiastical-rank second to the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch,[4] and his name is commemorated in liturgy throughout the Syriac Orthodox Archdioceses in India and its diaspora.[5] The position was renamed as Catholicos of India[3] in 2002, in accordance with its actual jurisdiction.[9]
Gregorios Joseph, the Malankara Metropolitan, was elected as Catholicos, following the death of Baselios Thomas I. [10][11]
- ^ Fiey, Jean Maurice (2004). Lawrence Conrad (ed.). Saints Syriaques (in French). The Darwin Press.
- ^ "Jacobite Syrian Christian Church". JSC News- Official News Portal of the Church. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
In the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Patriarch of Antioch & all the East is the spiritual supreme, but the temporal powers of the local Church in India rests with an association, elected from among the representatives of Parishes of Malankara, and is to be administered under guidance from its Chief prelate, the Catholicos of India.
- ^ a b "Patriarch Zakka I: The SOC At a Glance". syriacorthodoxresources.org. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ a b SOC (1998). Syriac Orthodox Church Constitution.
His Beatitude The Catholicos ranks second after the Patriarch within the Syrian Orthodox Church hierarchy. He is elected only by the Metropolitans under the jurisdiction of the Catholicate See. They must obey him, so must the priests, deacons and all the people within the Syrian Orthodox Archdioceses in India. At his ordination, he is proclaimed: Mor Baselius... (his personal name is added here). His name shall be proclaimed throughout the archdioceses in India during the Holy Mass and canonical prayers, after the name of the Patriarch and preceding the name of the Archdiocese Metropolitan. His name should be mentioned also at every Syrian church where he attends prayer. His title is: His Beatitude Mor Baselius... Catholicos of the East and Metropolitan of Malankara.
- ^ a b The Service Book of the Holy Qurbono. Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America. 2017. p. 80.
- ^ Kiraz.
- ^ "India – Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch". syrianorthodoxchurch.org. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ Constitution (1998).
- ^ "Catholicate of the East". syriacchristianity.info. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
In 2002 the office of the Maphrianate was renamed 'Catholicos of India' in accordance with its actual jurisdiction
- ^ "Catholicos Baselios Thomas I vests the new metropolitan trustee Joseph Mar Gregorios with the symbol of the post at Puthenkurisu on Wednesday. H. Vibhu". The Hindu. 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, passes away". 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.