Youhanon Mar Demetrios (born May 28, 1964), is the

Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

of Delhi Diocese of the

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. The church serve ...

. He was born to Palamoottil Mathews and Mercy. Home parish is St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kollam Diocese. He took his Ph.D. - Fordham University and M. R. E - Gorden Conwell Theological Seminary, America Youhanon Demetrios speaks Malayalam, English, Greek, Hebrew, Amarac, and Syriac. He took several key positions of the church as Professor, Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam, Secretary, Ecumenical Relations Committee, General Secretary, Orthodox Vydikasangam, Co-Secretary, Orthodox – Catholic Church Dialogue, Delegate, W. C. C Commission of Educational and Ecumenical Formation, Representative of the Church in many international Conferences, Registrar, F.F.R.R.C, Dean, Doctoral Studies. He was elected as the Metropolitan candidate on 17 February 2010 at the Malankara Association held at Sasthamkotta. He was consecrated as Metropolitan on 12 May 2010 at Mar Elia Cathedral, Kottayam, serving the Delhi Diocese as its Metropolitan.

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