Mar Aprem Mooken
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Mar Aprem Mooken is the Assyrian Church of the East
Metropolitan of India. Mar Aprem (formerly George Mooken) was born in Thrissur, Kerala
, India
, on 13 June 1940. Educated in India, England and America, he specialised in Church History. He served as President of the Church History Association of India between 1976 and 1982.
He gained master's degrees in Church History from the United Theological College, Bangalore (1966) and from the Union Theological Seminary, New York (1967). He studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary
, U.S.A. for a Doctor of Theology degree when he was consecrated Bishop in Baghdad, Iraq in 1968. He earned his D.Th. degree in 1976 from Serampore University. Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam granted a Ph.D. degree in Syriac Studies to him in 2002.
Mooken was ordained a deacon on June 25, 1961, and a priest four years later on 13 June 1965. He was consecrated Bishop on 21 September 1968 and promoted as a Metropolitan eight days later in Baghdad. In 1995 he was instrumental in healing the rift that had developed in the church over the question of hereditary appointments since the 1960s. He is the author of 65 books on church history, theology, social issues, and even humour.
Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...
Metropolitan of India. Mar Aprem (formerly George Mooken) was born in Thrissur, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, on 13 June 1940. Educated in India, England and America, he specialised in Church History. He served as President of the Church History Association of India between 1976 and 1982.
He gained master's degrees in Church History from the United Theological College, Bangalore (1966) and from the Union Theological Seminary, New York (1967). He studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
, U.S.A. for a Doctor of Theology degree when he was consecrated Bishop in Baghdad, Iraq in 1968. He earned his D.Th. degree in 1976 from Serampore University. Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam granted a Ph.D. degree in Syriac Studies to him in 2002.
Mooken was ordained a deacon on June 25, 1961, and a priest four years later on 13 June 1965. He was consecrated Bishop on 21 September 1968 and promoted as a Metropolitan eight days later in Baghdad. In 1995 he was instrumental in healing the rift that had developed in the church over the question of hereditary appointments since the 1960s. He is the author of 65 books on church history, theology, social issues, and even humour.
See also
- Assyrian Church of the EastAssyrian Church of the EastThe Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...
- Assyrian Church of the East's Holy Synod
- Chaldean Syrian ChurchChaldean Syrian ChurchThe Chaldean Syrian Church is an Indian Christian church that is currently an archbishopric of the Assyrian Church of the East. Its members are part of the St. Thomas Christian community, who trace their origins to the evangelical activities of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are almost...