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It is accompanied by ancient songs about Thomas the Apostle, based on the apocryphal third-century text Acts of Thomas. The song text consists of 450 lines, divided into 14 sections. These songs contain Syriac and Tamil diction, suggesting an origin before the emergence of the Malayalam language in Malabar between the 9th and 13th century. [100]
Markose, who is popular for rendering numerous Christian devotional songs, has also sung over 100 film songs during the years 1980's to 2000's. Markose's music career was launched in 1979–1980 with the song "Kannipoomanam" in Balachandra Menon's Kelkkaatha Sabdham. After the success of his debut song, Markose became a regular singer in the ...
Saint Thomas Christian services have many unique characteristics compared to others. Prior to the 1970s, the Nasrani Qurbana was completely sung in Syriac. Many of the tunes of the Saint Thomas Christian worship in Kerala, especially those in the East Syriac tradition, are remnants of ancient Syriac tunes of antiquity. [243] [244] [245]
Margamkali performed during an arts & cultural fest. Margamkali performed during a Syro-Malabar Nasrani wedding at Arakuzha.. Margamkali is an ancient Indian round dance of the St. Thomas Christians community- based in Kerala state, mainly practiced by the endogamous sub-sect known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians.
The Malankara Church was headed by a Metropolitan consecrated from the Persian Church and ordinary administration of the Church was vested upon a local, dynastic archdeacon, who was referred to as the Head of the Malankara Christian community. (Archdeacon is the highest rank for a cleric in the Church of the East after the rank of bishop.) [14 ...
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) [7] also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) [8] or simply as the Malankara Church, [9] is an autocephalous [10] [11] [4] Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. It serves India's Saint Thomas Christian (also known as Nasrani) population.
The Thomas of Cana copper plates feature heavily in the history and traditions of the Knanaya community in Kerala. According to the community's traditional origins, Thomas of Cana, a Syrian merchant led a group of 72 Jewish-Christian immigrant families, a bishop named Uraha Mar Yausef, and clergymen from the Middle East to settle in Cranganore, India in the 4th century (some sources place ...
George Menachery (born 1938) – historian, editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India; Acharya K K Chandy – Founder Member, Christavashram, Kottayam. Joshua Ignathios – Bishop of the Eparchy of Mavelikara. Geevarghese Ivanios – Servant of God, OIC (1882–1953).