The St. Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Church,

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was founded and established on 2 August 1879 by Malankara Metropolitan Mor Dionysius Joseph Pulikottil. The church is part of an ancient church called ‘

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’, one of the members of

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family. The church supreme head is

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Moran Mor

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. The head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of the East, Aboon Mor

Baselios Thomas I Baselios Thomas I (born 22 July 1929) is a Syriac Orthodox Catholicos of India (Maphrian) and head of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church in India. He was enthroned on 26 July 2002 by Syriac Orthodox Patriarch I ...

. The church is part of Kochi Diocese headed by Metropolitan Dr.

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. St. Ignatius Jacobite Syrian church is the home parish for Rev. (Dr.) Kurien Arch Corepiscopa, Kaniyamparambil. He is the only priest in the history of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church with title Reesh Corepiscopo (arch Corepiscopo). He is famous for his translation of Holy Bible "Visudha Grantham" - the official Bible of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church.

Organizations

*St. Ignatius High School, Kanjiramattom *St. Ignatius Higher Secondary School, Kanjiramattom *St. Ignatius Vocational Higher Secondary School, Kanjiramattom

References

Christian clergy from Kochi Syriac Orthodox churches in India Churches in Ernakulam district Churches completed in 1879 19th-century churches in India 19th-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings {{India-OO-church-stub