Mavelikkara Diocese is one of the 30 dioceses 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 ...
. The diocese was created on 10 August 2002. H.G Vattamparambil
Dr Abraham Mar Epiphanios, is the Metropolitan of the diocese. The head office is located in TheoBhavan Aramana, Thazhakkara, Mavelikkara.
History
This diocese was founded on 10 August 10 2002. It was inaugurated in the presence of
Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II
Baselios Marthoma Mathews II (30 January 1915 – 26 January 2006) was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was the 6th Catholicos of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and 19th Malankara Metropolitan.
Early life
He was bor ...
, former
Catholicos of the East
Catholicos of the East is the title that has been held by the ecclesiastical heads of the Church of the East, the Grand Metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, since AD. 280.
The term "Catholicos" is derived from the Greek word Katholikos (Καθολ ...
. Kolathukalathil Paulose Pachomios was the first Metropolitan. Forty parishes and twelve chapels of the dioceses of Kollam, Niranam and Chengannoor, and the erstwhile 39 parishes here were annexed to the newly introduced one. The headquarters of the diocese was consecrated by
Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I in 2008. On 1 August 2012, Mar Pachomios died and
Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, the then-Malankara Metropolitan, became the metropolitan and appointed Sankarathil Joshua Mar Nicodimos as the assistant metropolitan.
In 2017, Alexios Eusebios was appointed the assistant metropolitan. In 2021, Baselios Marthoma Paulose II died and Baselios Marthoma Mathews III became the metropolitan.
Now
The diocese is reigned by the
Malankara Metropolitan Baselios Marthoma Mathews III. Dr Abraham Mar Epiphanios is the current Assistant Metropolitan of the Diocese. There are 41 churches and nine chapels with fifty priests in diocese.
Paulose Mar Pachomios Shalem Bhavan, which cares for 60 men with mental health issues, is located in Arunoottimangalam and run by the diocese.
Cheppad Mar Dionysious Old Age Home situated at Cheppad and St Thomas Balabhavan at Haripad are other charitable institutions under the diocese.
References
External links
Website of Malankara Orthodox Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church dioceses
2002 establishments in Kerala
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