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However, in 1974, the Catholicate sought to remove the Patriarch from his authority over Malankara, leading to Augen I being suspended by the Syriac Orthodox Synod of 1975 from his position, and the enthronement of Baselios Paulose II as Catholicos of the East, causing a second split into the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church (who supported the ...
The Malankara Orthodox-Jacobite church dispute or the Schism of 1912 was the split in the Malankara Syrian Church that led to an ongoing series of church disputes in Kerala, India.
The Malankara divisions and branchings have resulted in the present-day Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Malabar Independent Syrian Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Saint Thomas Anglicans of the Church of South India and the St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India.
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 Maphrian's see is India and is the head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church and is subject to the authority of the Patriarch. In joint councils the Maphrian is seated on the right side of the Patriarch and heads the church's regional synod in India with the Patriarch's sanction.
Following Mor Baselios Paulose II’s and Mor Gregorios's deaths, Mor Dionysius became President of the Malankara Synod in 2000, and he played a pivotal role in organizing an association meeting in 2002 to establish a new constitution for the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church, where he was elected Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos. [3]
Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos designate of Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church: Church: Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church: Predecessor: Baselios Thomas I: Orders; Ordination: 25 March 1984 (Kassisso) by Baselios Paulose II Catholicose: Consecration: 16 January 1994 by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I: Personal details; Born
Due to the dispute between the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the church was non-functional for few years and functioned as shared church from 1995. In 2006 a Jacobite member of the Kolenchery Church filed a suit over the administration of the church. The case proceeded from the lower courts and reached ...