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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, ...
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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 ...
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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'' *
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