Titus I Mar Thoma
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Titus I Mar Thoma was known as Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Thithoos is Aramaic and Malayalam) among his people, and was the fifteenth Mar Thoma (1893–1909). He was a saintly and missionary bishop of the church. His time was a period of renovation and reformation of the Malankara Church.
On the South Western coast of India
lies a small state known as Kerala
It was here in the 1st century, Thomas the Apostle
arrived to preach the gospel
to the Jewish community. Some of the Jews and locals including the wise men who saw Jesus as a baby at Bethlehem
, became followers of Jesus of Nazareth
. They were known as Nasrani people and their church as Malankara Church. They followed a unique Hebrew-Syriac Christian
tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs.
As a bishop, Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan took charge of a church that was like a ship in turbulent waters. Malankara church was split into two, Bava faction (Jacobites) and Metran faction. Thithoos Mar Thoma was the Metropolitan of the Metran faction, which later chose the name Malanakara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, now popularly known as Mar Thoma Church
. This church remained completely independent and did not join the Bava (Patriarch of Antioch) faction. (Jacobite faction became Orthodox churches after 1912). In the litigation between the two factions that began in 1879 and ended in 1889, the Metran faction lost all its properties to the Bava faction. It was at this time Thithoos Mar Thoma took charge as Metropolitan.
on the banks of river Pampa. Later they moved to Maramon
, and lived at Chackkalyil, on the other side of the river. The second son in that family, Mathen moved to a nearby house at Palakunnathu. He had six sons and a daughter. The daughter was married to Mallapally Pavoothikunnel family and the first four sons moved to Themoottil, Neduvelil (Kozhenchery), Periyilel and Punamadom (Othera). The fifth son was a hermit priest (sanyasi achen). As was the custom, the youngest son Mathew lived at Palakunnathu family house. (This house still exists). Abraham Malpan
, leader of reformation in Malankara church was the second son of Mathew. Thomas Mar Athanasius
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XIV) and Titus I Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XV) were the sons of Abraham Malpan
.
A number of other Marthoma Church leaders were also born in this family. Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XIII) and Titus II Mar Thoma
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XVI) were from this family. The present head of the Marthoma Church, Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XXI), is also from this family.
and Thumpamon Thondamvelil Mariamma. He was baptized by Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan at the Maramon
church.
After primary education at Maramon
he joined Kottayam
seminary. He joined C.M.S. College, Kottayam
and then left for higher studies in Madras.
church, and was appointed as the assistant vicar of that church. He was a fiery speaker. During that period a prayer meeting organized at the home of a parishner later became the famous Maramon Convention
.
After the great swearing in 1653 it became necessary to appoint a bishop. For this purpose a special chair was made and Mar Thoma I
the first bishop of Malankara church was enthroned. This throne, used for the consecration of Mar Thoma I
, is in the possession of the Mar Thoma Church
and is kept at Tiruvalla
. It has been used in the installation of every Mar Thoma Metropolitan, to this day, so that the continuity of the throne of Mar Thoma is ensured. This was the throne used for the consecration of Mar Thoma XV, Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan.
Once it was accepted, parish leaders decided to have the consecration at Kottayam Cheriya palli where Thazhathu Punnathra Chandapilla Kathanar was the vicar. Bishops of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church
arrived on time. On Thursday January 18, 1894 Dethos Kathanar was consecrated by Joseph Mar Athanasius. (Maliyakal) (1888–1898), assisted by Geevarghese Mar Koorilose (Karumamkuzhi Pulikkottil). He was given the episcopal title Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan. (English: Titus Mar Thoma Metropolitan).
When Titus Mar Thoma took charge of the church, there was only a clergy committee to take the important decisions. Metropolitan wanted democratic principles to be applied in all decision makings. So after consultation with the clergy committee it was decided to have a Managing committee (now known as Sabha Council) and a Representative Assembly (now known as Prathinidhi Mandalam). Both these committees included all the bishops and representatives of clergy and parishes. The first Managing committee included 7 clergy and five laity. First meeting of these committees were held in 1896.
Vaideeka Selection committee for selecting laity for ordination as clergy was instituted.
Qurbana Thaksa (Holy communion liturgy) – improvements were made to the liturgy to fall in line with the reformation ideals. (The Syriac word Qurbana is cognate with the Hebrew word Korban)
Marthoma Seminary School (1896), Tiruvalla
S.C. Seminary High School (1902), were opened. It paved the way to the opening of a number of primary schools in a number of parishes. This improved the conditions of the villages and towns in Kerala
.
and then expanded to North Travancore
. By 1909 it spread outside Kerala
.
Sunday School Samajam began on 1905
. This was the beginning of the Maramon Convention
.
Parishes (church and their properties) that remained with the Marthoma church during the reformation:
Elanthoor Valia palli, Kumbanad
Valia Palli, Koorthamala Palli(Kareelamukku, Koipram), Kottarakara palli, Paryaram pazhya palli, Thalavady West,
After civil cases, the following churches and its properties were under Mar Thoma church but lost due to other reasons:
Manarcaud
palli, Puthencavu palli.
Churches that won the earlier court cases, but lost in the final verdict : Aarthattu palli and Puthupally pally.
. He was given the episcopal title Thithoos Dwitheeyan Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Titus II Mar Thoma
)
The first one was in March 1907 S.C.Seminary school building at Tiruvalla
was under construction. Mar Thoma was living in a temporary thatched shed. At that time some miscreants set fire to the building at about mid night. Mar Thoma escaped from there.
The second one was in June 1907. It was raining cats and dogs. Mar Thoma was living in the balcony of Maramon
church. Suddenly the whole church except the balcony crashed.
church . The funeral service was conducted by Titus II Mar Thoma
in the presence of Vicar General Ipe Thoma Kathanar and a large crowd.
On the South Western coast of 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...
lies a small state known as 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....
It was here in the 1st century, Thomas the Apostle
Thomas the Apostle
Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...
arrived to preach the gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
to the Jewish community. Some of the Jews and locals including the wise men who saw Jesus as a baby at Bethlehem
Bethlehem
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, became followers of Jesus of Nazareth
Nazareth
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. They were known as Nasrani people and their church as Malankara Church. They followed a unique Hebrew-Syriac Christian
Syriac Christianity
Syriac or Syrian Christianity , the Syriac-speaking Christians of Mesopotamia, comprises multiple Christian traditions of Eastern Christianity. With a history going back to the 1st Century AD, in modern times it is represented by denominations primarily in the Middle East and in Kerala, India....
tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs.
As a bishop, Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan took charge of a church that was like a ship in turbulent waters. Malankara church was split into two, Bava faction (Jacobites) and Metran faction. Thithoos Mar Thoma was the Metropolitan of the Metran faction, which later chose the name Malanakara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, now popularly known as Mar Thoma Church
Mar Thoma Church
The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also known as the Mar Thoma Church is a Christian denomination based in the state of Kerala in southwestern India. It has an entirely different identity when compared with other Churches in India. Most Christian churches around the world are divided into...
. This church remained completely independent and did not join the Bava (Patriarch of Antioch) faction. (Jacobite faction became Orthodox churches after 1912). In the litigation between the two factions that began in 1879 and ended in 1889, the Metran faction lost all its properties to the Bava faction. It was at this time Thithoos Mar Thoma took charge as Metropolitan.
Palakunnathu Family
In the 17th century, a member of the Panamkuzhy family (a branch of the Pakalomattam family), came and settled in KozhencherryKozhencherry
Kozhencherry is a small town in Pathanamthitta district of Central Travancore region in Kerala state, South India. It is on the banks of river Pampa. It is a commercial centre with many of the Banks and trade companies have their establishments here. It is believed that once the Kovilans of...
on the banks of river Pampa. Later they moved to Maramon
Maramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
, and lived at Chackkalyil, on the other side of the river. The second son in that family, Mathen moved to a nearby house at Palakunnathu. He had six sons and a daughter. The daughter was married to Mallapally Pavoothikunnel family and the first four sons moved to Themoottil, Neduvelil (Kozhenchery), Periyilel and Punamadom (Othera). The fifth son was a hermit priest (sanyasi achen). As was the custom, the youngest son Mathew lived at Palakunnathu family house. (This house still exists). Abraham Malpan
Abraham Malpan
Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan of Malankara Church, was a strong Churchman, loyal to the best traditions of his Church. He wanted only to effect such reforms in the Church as were consistent with the apostolic and truly evangelical traditions of the Church...
, leader of reformation in Malankara church was the second son of Mathew. Thomas Mar Athanasius
Thomas Mar Athanasius
Thomas Mar Athanasius Mar Thoma XIV was the Metropolitan of the Malankara church. Mar Athanasiu's period was a turbulent one in the history of this Church. There was a litigation that took ten years to settle. After the final verdict, the Church passed through a period of transition. Malankara...
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XIV) and Titus I Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XV) were the sons of Abraham Malpan
Abraham Malpan
Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan of Malankara Church, was a strong Churchman, loyal to the best traditions of his Church. He wanted only to effect such reforms in the Church as were consistent with the apostolic and truly evangelical traditions of the Church...
.
A number of other Marthoma Church leaders were also born in this family. Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XIII) and Titus II Mar Thoma
Titus II Mar Thoma
-See also:* Mar Thoma Church* Syrian Malabar Nasrani* Saint Thomas Christians* Christianity in India* List of Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans* List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis* Titus I Mar Thoma* Abraham Mar Thoma-For further reading:...
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XVI) were from this family. The present head of the Marthoma Church, Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma
Joseph Mar Thoma
Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan is the present head of the Mar Thoma Church with its center in Kerala state in south-western India. He is the 21st Mar Thoma.- Palakunnathu Family :...
Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XXI), is also from this family.
Early age
Dethos (Aramaic. Titus – English) was born on February 20, 1843 as the youngest son of Abraham MalpanAbraham Malpan
Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan of Malankara Church, was a strong Churchman, loyal to the best traditions of his Church. He wanted only to effect such reforms in the Church as were consistent with the apostolic and truly evangelical traditions of the Church...
and Thumpamon Thondamvelil Mariamma. He was baptized by Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan at the Maramon
Maramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
church.
After primary education at Maramon
Maramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
he joined Kottayam
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
seminary. He joined C.M.S. College, Kottayam
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
and then left for higher studies in Madras.
Ordination
IN 1867, Dethos was ordained as a priest by Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan at MaramonMaramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
church, and was appointed as the assistant vicar of that church. He was a fiery speaker. During that period a prayer meeting organized at the home of a parishner later became the famous Maramon Convention
Maramon Convention
The Maramon Convention is a Christian convention held at Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India annually during the month of February on the vast sand-bed of the Pampa River next to the Kozhencherry Bridge...
.
Malankara throne
Mar Thoma I
-See also:*Indian Orthodox Church*Jacobite Syrian Church*Mar Thoma Church*Malankara Church*Dutch East India Company*Syrian Malabar Nasrani-Further reading:...
the first bishop of Malankara church was enthroned. This throne, used for the consecration of Mar Thoma I
Mar Thoma I
-See also:*Indian Orthodox Church*Jacobite Syrian Church*Mar Thoma Church*Malankara Church*Dutch East India Company*Syrian Malabar Nasrani-Further reading:...
, is in the possession of the Mar Thoma Church
Mar Thoma Church
The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also known as the Mar Thoma Church is a Christian denomination based in the state of Kerala in southwestern India. It has an entirely different identity when compared with other Churches in India. Most Christian churches around the world are divided into...
and is kept at Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla , is a city and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India, spread over an area of 27.94 km2...
. It has been used in the installation of every Mar Thoma Metropolitan, to this day, so that the continuity of the throne of Mar Thoma is ensured. This was the throne used for the consecration of Mar Thoma XV, Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan.
Enthronement
Thomas Mar Athanasius, died in August 1893 without consecrating a successor. Most of the churches were under the control of Bava faction. Name of Dethos Kathanar was proposed. He reluctantly accepted it under the condition that all the parishes agreed to this suggestion.Once it was accepted, parish leaders decided to have the consecration at Kottayam Cheriya palli where Thazhathu Punnathra Chandapilla Kathanar was the vicar. Bishops of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
The Malabar Independent Syrian Church, also known as the Thozhiyur Sabah , is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.Considered part...
arrived on time. On Thursday January 18, 1894 Dethos Kathanar was consecrated by Joseph Mar Athanasius. (Maliyakal) (1888–1898), assisted by Geevarghese Mar Koorilose (Karumamkuzhi Pulikkottil). He was given the episcopal title Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan. (English: Titus Mar Thoma Metropolitan).
Participation by laity
Till the time of Mar Thoma VI, only clergy were included as advisers to the Metropolitan. After that they were also included in all decision making committees.When Titus Mar Thoma took charge of the church, there was only a clergy committee to take the important decisions. Metropolitan wanted democratic principles to be applied in all decision makings. So after consultation with the clergy committee it was decided to have a Managing committee (now known as Sabha Council) and a Representative Assembly (now known as Prathinidhi Mandalam). Both these committees included all the bishops and representatives of clergy and parishes. The first Managing committee included 7 clergy and five laity. First meeting of these committees were held in 1896.
Other reforms
A constitution for the Church was prepared and approved by the Representative Assembly and by the Managing committee.Vaideeka Selection committee for selecting laity for ordination as clergy was instituted.
Qurbana Thaksa (Holy communion liturgy) – improvements were made to the liturgy to fall in line with the reformation ideals. (The Syriac word Qurbana is cognate with the Hebrew word Korban)
Educational institutions
KottayamKottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
Marthoma Seminary School (1896), Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla , is a city and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India, spread over an area of 27.94 km2...
S.C. Seminary High School (1902), were opened. It paved the way to the opening of a number of primary schools in a number of parishes. This improved the conditions of the villages and towns in 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....
.
Missionary work
Missionary efforts began around KottayamKottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
and then expanded to North Travancore
Travancore
Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...
. By 1909 it spread outside 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....
.
Sunday School Samajam began on 1905
Maramon Convention
But Mar Thoma had to face a number of problems. Soon false teachings got into the church. Yet by 1894 a number of small prayer groups were formed in the church and this was followed by a big revival. They had regular meetings in various parishes. Because the number of people attending these meetings was growing it was decided to have a meeting of all these groups at a central place. The duty of organizing this meeting was given to the Mar Thoma Evangelistic Association and the first convention was held in 1895 at MaramonMaramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
. This was the beginning of the Maramon Convention
Maramon Convention
The Maramon Convention is a Christian convention held at Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India annually during the month of February on the vast sand-bed of the Pampa River next to the Kozhencherry Bridge...
.
Parishes
The litigation which began in 1879 and ended in 1889 was only for the Malankara Church properties. But the parish properties belonged to the individual parishes. So each parish had to give separate litigation to possess their parish properties.Parishes (church and their properties) that remained with the Marthoma church during the reformation:
Elanthoor Valia palli, Kumbanad
Kumbanad
Kumbanad is a place in koipuram panchyath Pathanamthitta district of Kerala state, in India. It is a part of Thiruvalla Taluk. It is situated on the Sabarimala pilgrimage route on the Thiruvalla - Kumbazha road . Kumbanad is one of the wealthiest settlement in India...
Valia Palli, Koorthamala Palli(Kareelamukku, Koipram), Kottarakara palli, Paryaram pazhya palli, Thalavady West,
After civil cases, the following churches and its properties were under Mar Thoma church but lost due to other reasons:
Manarcaud
Manarcaud
Manarcaud is a small town in Kottayam district of Kerala state, South India. It is known for the Manarcaud Perunnal, the annual feast at the St. Mary's Church,which is usually held in the first few days of September...
palli, Puthencavu palli.
Churches that won the earlier court cases, but lost in the final verdict : Aarthattu palli and Puthupally pally.
Consecration of a successor
Rev. P.J. Dethos was selected by the Representative Assembly at Mavelikara to be consecrated as a bishop to assist Metropolitan. Dethos Kathanar was consecrated on December 9, 1898 at Puthenkavu church by Titus Mar Thoma Metropolitan assisted by Geevarghese Mar Koorilose (Karumamkuzhi Pulikkottil) of Malabar Independent Syrian ChurchMalabar Independent Syrian Church
The Malabar Independent Syrian Church, also known as the Thozhiyur Sabah , is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.Considered part...
. He was given the episcopal title Thithoos Dwitheeyan Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Titus II Mar Thoma
Titus II Mar Thoma
-See also:* Mar Thoma Church* Syrian Malabar Nasrani* Saint Thomas Christians* Christianity in India* List of Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans* List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis* Titus I Mar Thoma* Abraham Mar Thoma-For further reading:...
)
Safe in His arms
Titus I Mar Thoma Metropolitan escaped from great dangers on two occasions.The first one was in March 1907 S.C.Seminary school building at Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla
Tiruvalla , is a city and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India, spread over an area of 27.94 km2...
was under construction. Mar Thoma was living in a temporary thatched shed. At that time some miscreants set fire to the building at about mid night. Mar Thoma escaped from there.
The second one was in June 1907. It was raining cats and dogs. Mar Thoma was living in the balcony of Maramon
Maramon
Maramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
church. Suddenly the whole church except the balcony crashed.
Last days
Metropolitan was suffering from diabetes for a long time. He died on October 20, 1909 and was entombed at TiruvallaTiruvalla
Tiruvalla , is a city and a Taluk headquarters located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala in South India, spread over an area of 27.94 km2...
church . The funeral service was conducted by Titus II Mar Thoma
Titus II Mar Thoma
-See also:* Mar Thoma Church* Syrian Malabar Nasrani* Saint Thomas Christians* Christianity in India* List of Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans* List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis* Titus I Mar Thoma* Abraham Mar Thoma-For further reading:...
in the presence of Vicar General Ipe Thoma Kathanar and a large crowd.
See also
- Mar Thoma ChurchMar Thoma ChurchThe Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also known as the Mar Thoma Church is a Christian denomination based in the state of Kerala in southwestern India. It has an entirely different identity when compared with other Churches in India. Most Christian churches around the world are divided into...
- Syrian Malabar NasraniSyrian Malabar NasraniThe Syrian Malabar Nasrani people, also known as Saint Thomas Christians, "'Nasrani Mappila'" and Nasranis, are an ethnoreligious group from Kerala, India, adhering to the various churches of the Saint Thomas Christian tradition...
- Saint Thomas ChristiansSaint Thomas ChristiansThe Saint Thomas Christians are an ancient body of Christians from Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are also known as "Nasranis" because they are followers of "Jesus of Nazareth". The term "Nasrani" is still used by St...
- Christianity in IndiaChristianity in IndiaChristianity is India's third-largest religion, with approximately 24 million followers, constituting 2.3% of India's population. The works of scholars and Eastern Christian writings and 14th century Portuguese missionaries created an illusion to convert Indians that Christianity was introduced to...
- List of Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans
- List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis
- Thomas Mar AthanasiusThomas Mar AthanasiusThomas Mar Athanasius Mar Thoma XIV was the Metropolitan of the Malankara church. Mar Athanasiu's period was a turbulent one in the history of this Church. There was a litigation that took ten years to settle. After the final verdict, the Church passed through a period of transition. Malankara...
- Titus II Mar ThomaTitus II Mar Thoma-See also:* Mar Thoma Church* Syrian Malabar Nasrani* Saint Thomas Christians* Christianity in India* List of Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans* List of Syrian Malabar Nasranis* Titus I Mar Thoma* Abraham Mar Thoma-For further reading:...
Further References
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- Juhanon Marthoma Metropolitan, The Most Rev. Dr. (1952). Christianity in IndiaIndiaIndia , 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...
and a Brief History of the Marthoma Syrian Church.. Pub: K.M. Cherian. - Cherian Cherian. (1958). MaramonMaramonMaramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
Pakalomattom Chackalyil Kudumba Charitram. (Family History of MaramonMaramonMaramon is a small town on the Pampa River, opposite to Kozhencherry town in the state of Kerala, India. It is 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district headquarters, the town of Pathanamthitta. Maramon is famous because of the Maramon Convention, the largest Christian gathering in Asia...
Pakalomattom Chackalyil) - Zac Varghese Dr. & Mathew A. Kallumpram. (2003). ‘’Glimpses of Mar Thoma Church History’’. London, England. ISBN 81/900854/4/1
- Chacko, T.C. (1936) Malankara Marthoma Sabha Charithra Samgraham’’. (Concise History of Marthoma Church), Pub: E.J. Institute, Kompady, Tiruvalla.
- Eapen, Prof. Dr. K.V. (2001). ‘’Malankara Marthoma Suryani Sabha Charitram’’. (History of Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church). Pub: Kallettu, Muttambalam, KottayamKottayamKottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
. - Ittoop Writer, (1906). ‘’Malayalathulla Suryani Chistianikauleday Charitram’’. (History of Syrain Christians in the land of Malayalam)
- Mathew, N.M. ‘’Malankara Marthoma Sabha Charitram’’, (History of the Marthoma Church), Volume 1.(2006), Volume II (2007). Volume III (2008) Pub. E.J.Institute, Thiruvalla.
- Mathew, N.M. (2003). History of Palakunnathu Family. Pub: Palakunnathu Family committee.
- Juhanon Marthoma Metropolitan, The Most Rev. Dr. (1952). Christianity in India
External links
- http://marthoma.in
- www.koorthamalamarthoma.org