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Niranam diocese, the smallest and one of the oldest dioceses of the
Niranam diocese was established by Patriarch Peter IV, the
Niranam Diocese
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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, ...
, is located in Niranam
Niranam is a village in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India. It was a port in ancient Kerala, on the confluence of the Manimala River, Manimala and Pamba River. It is almost 7 km from Tiruvalla SCS Junction in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala, lies t ...
, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Niranam is one of the places where St. Thomas the Apostle preached in the 1st century.
History
Niranam diocese was established by Patriarch Peter IV, the 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 ...
during his apostolic visit to India in 1876 at the historic Mulanthuruthy Synod. Geevarghese 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 cano ...
was ordained as its first metropolitan. Later in 1987, Mor Gregorios declared a saint by Ignatius Zakka I
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ( syr, ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ; ar, إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص; ', born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Anti ...
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 ...
for Syriac Orthodox Church of India.
The Diocese of Niranam has now been made an independent diocese headquarter at St. Gregorios Church and the Patriarchal Center of Parumala. The Present Niranam Diocese Metropolitan is Geevarghese Mor Coorilose, who was consecrated as bishop on 3 July 2006 at St. Thomas Church of Paravur. The present Auxiliary Metropolitan is Geevarghese Mor Barnabas of Niranam Diocese.
Diocesan Metropolitans
Parishes
#Parumala St. Gregorios Church and Patriarchal Center, Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala #Chennithala St. George Horeb Jacobite Syrian Church, Chennithala, Eramathoor P.O, Mannar Alapuzha Dist, Kerala - 689 622 #Anjilithanam, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Anjilithanam, Thiruvalla Pthanamthitta Dist, Kerala -689 101 #Cheppadu St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Cheppadu P.O, Alappuzha Dist, Kerala - 690 507 #Kallooppara, St. Gregorious Jacobite Syrian Church Kallooppara P.O., Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala #Kavumbhagam, St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Kavumbhagam P.O, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 101 #Kunnamthanam, St. Peters Jacobite Syrian Church Kunnamthanam P.O., Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 581 #Mazhuvangadu, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Mazhuvangadu P.O., Thiruvalla -1 Pathanamthitta Dist #Mepral, St. Johns Jacobite Syrian Church Mepral P.O, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta Dist, Kerala - 689 591 #Puramattam, St. George Jacobite Syrian Church Puramattam P.O., Eraviperoor, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta Dist Kerala - 689 543 #Paramkal, St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church Paramkal, Palakathakidy P.O., Kunnamthanam, Thiruvalla Pathanamthitta DistReferences
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