Malankara Malpan Arch Corepiscopa Curien (Kurian) Kaniyamparambil was a priest in the

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (JSCC), or the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India also known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Jacobite Syrian Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, ...

and a scholar in Syriac language, who translated the

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(വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം) from ancient

Peshitta The Peshitta ( syc, ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ ''or'' ') is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, ...

text to

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

. This is the official bible used by Syriac Orthodox Church in India.

Biography

Kaniyamparambil Achan was born on 27 February 1913 to Paulose and Aayamma of a well-known Christian family Kaniyamparambil in Kanjiramattom. He did education in the schools at Kanjiramattom and Mulanthuruthy. Later he started learning the basics of Jacobite liturgy, Syriac and theology from Very Rev. Augen Ramban at Sion Kodanad. At the age of 15 he was able to master the sacred liturgical language Syriac. He modified Syriac prayer songs translated by Sabhakavi C P Chandy for usage in Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. He completed his college education from C.M.S College, Kottayam. He was ordained as a priest by Malankara Metropolitan Paulose Mar Athanasius. During the apostolic visit of

Patriarch of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...

Saint Ignatius Elias III to Malankara, he served as his secretary. Apostolic Delegate of the Patriarch Mor Julius Elias raised him to the rank of Corepiscopa at the age of 37, the highest order the Church bestows on a married Kassisso. He also received many titles and medals from Moran Mor Aphrem I, Moran Mor Yakoob III, and Moran Mor Zakka I Iywas, Holy Patriarchs of Antioch and all the East.

Funeral and memorials/ Death and entombment

Kaniyamparambil Achan passed away at age 102 on 19 October 2015. The remains of Rev. (Dr.) Kurien Arch Corepiscopa, Kaniyamparambil are interred in a tomb in St.Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Church in Kanjiramattom, Ernakulam District, Kerala.

Books

* ''Holy Bible'' (വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം)( translation into Malayalam) * ''Interpretation of the new testament'' (Malayalam) * ''Sh'himo Namaskaram in Malayalam,1976'' * ''Syriac Reader and Meditative Lectures'' * ''Suriyani Sabha Charithravum Viswasa Sathyangalum'' (Malayalam)(History of Jacobite Syrian Church(English)) * ''The miracle's of our lord'' * ''Vidhudha Vishwasa Pramanam'' * ''Biography of Chathuruthil Mor

Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala Saint Geevarghese Mor Gregorios, popularly known as Parumala Thirumeni (Bishop of Parumala), (15 June 1848 – 2 November 1902) was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Church. Parumala Thirumeni became the first person of Indian origin to be canon ...

'' * ''Biography of

Ignatius Elias III Saint Ignatius Elias III (13 October 1867 – 13 February 1932) (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1917 until his death in 1932. Biography Nasri was born o ...

Patriarch of Antioch'' * ''Biography of Baselios Yeldo Maphrian of the East'' * ''Biography of

Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo Baselios Sakralla 3rd of Aleppo was the Maphriyano (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748 to 1760. Maphriyano Sakralla came to India in 1751 and was buried at Kandanad Marth Mariyam Church in 1764 AD. He was declared ...

, Maphrian of the East'' * ''Anchu Parishudhanmar'' * ''Biography of Malankara Metropolitan Paulose Mar Athanasius'' * ''1001 speeches'' * ''Rekshikkapeduvan Nee Enthu Cheyyanam'' (Malayalam) * ''Prayers of

Mother Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

'' * ''10 letters of Mother to the Daughter'' * ''Syrian Church History in India'' (English & Malayalam) * ''Joseph'' (Syriac drama) * ''Margonino'' (Syriac novel) * ''Subhashithanagal'' (Speech) * ''The Miracles of Our Lord'' *
Syriac
English Dictionary'' * ''151 Speeches along with the history of the Holy Church''

Awards and recognition

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaniamparambil, Curien Indian Oriental Orthodox Christians Syriac Orthodox clergy Translators to Malayalam Translators of the Bible into Malayalam Christian clergy from Kochi 1913 births 2015 deaths Indian centenarians 20th-century translators