Malankara Malpan Arch Corepiscopa Curien (Kurian) Kaniyamparambil was a priest in the
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church and a scholar in
Syriac language
The Syriac language (; syc, / '), also known as Syriac Aramaic (''Syrian Aramaic'', ''Syro-Aramaic'') and Classical Syriac ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ (in its literary and liturgical form), is an Aramaic language, Aramaic dialect that emerged during ...
, who translated the
Bible (വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം) from ancient
Peshitta text to
Malayalam. This is the official bible used by
Syriac Orthodox Church in India
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, ...
.
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 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
Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to:
Religion
* Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes ...
(English))
* ''The miracle's of our lord''
* ''Vidhudha Vishwasa Pramanam''
* ''Biography of Chathuruthil Mor
Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala''
* ''Biography of
Ignatius Elias III Patriarch of Antioch''
* ''Biography of
Baselios Yeldo Maphrian of the East
The Maphrian ( syr, ܡܦܪܝܢܐ, maphryānā or ''maphryono''), originally known as the Grand Metropolitan of the East and also known as the Catholicos, was the second-highest rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, ...
''
* ''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 a ...
,
Maphrian of the East
The Maphrian ( syr, ܡܦܪܝܢܐ, maphryānā or ''maphryono''), originally known as the Grand Metropolitan of the East and also known as the Catholicos, was the second-highest rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, ...
''
* ''Anchu Parishudhanmar''
* ''Biography of Malankara Metropolitan
Paulose Mar Athanasius''
* ''1001 speeches''
* ''Rekshikkapeduvan Nee Enthu Cheyyanam'' (Malayalam)
* ''Prayers of
Mother Mary''
* ''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''
*
SyriacEnglish Dictionary''
* ''151 Speeches along with the history of the Holy Church''
Awards and recognition
References
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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