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Reunion Celebrations

  • Posted on: 21 September 2012

Pathanamthitta, Kerala – 21 September 2012

The 20th and 21st of September are days which are of great historic and religious importance for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. On September 20, 1930, Archbishop Mar Ivanios reunited with the Catholic Church, marking the crowning of three centuries of attempts to reunite separated Christians in Malankara. The historic reunion of Mar Ivanios with Mar Theophilos, Father John Kuzhinapurath OIC, Deacon Alexander OIC, and Mr. Chacko Kilileth on the 20th of September is a moment which the Malankara Church has been celebrating for 82 years.

Episcopal Ordination Anniversary of our Catholicos

  • Posted on: 15 August 2012

August 15 is a day close to the heart of all Indian Christians, both because it is the Feast of Shunoyo (or the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary) and because it is Indian Independence Day, but it is special to Syro-Malankara Catholics for another reason. On 15 August 2001, then-Msgr. Isaac Thottunkal was ordained a bishop. Today, His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church celebrates the eleventh anniversary of his ordination to the episcopacy.

Eighth Syro-Malankara Catholic Convention held in Hudson Valley

  • Posted on: 15 August 2012

Beginning on Thursday, August 9, 2012, Malankara Catholics from across the nation gathered together for the eighth national convention. This Convention, the first since the establishment of the Exarchate two years ago, was organized by the Pastoral Council in close consultation with the Bishop of the Exarchate, the Most Reverend Thomas Mar Eusebius. Bishop Eusebius envisioned a Convention wherein people could mingle with each other, pray together, worship together - all in an atmosphere conducive to rest, relaxation, study and prayer.

New Jersey Parish Establishment

  • Posted on: 10 July 2012

Rahway, New Jersey - July 8, 2012

The St. Thomas Syro-Malankara Catholic Mission in New Jersey was raised to the status of a canonical parish in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate in the USA on Sunday, July 8, 2012 on the occasion of the celebration of the feast of its heavenly Patron St. Thomas.

Soon to be Deacons of the Church

  • Posted on: 7 July 2012

Gratefully acknowledging the miraculous providence of the Lord for His Church, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Exarchate in the USA happily announces the Ordinations of Bro. Lintu Markose and Bro. Michael Edathil to Diaconate, to be held at 9.00 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1500 De Paul Street, Elmont, New York 11003. The Ordination ceremony will be presided over by His Excellency the Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Mar Eusebius, Bishop of the Exarchate. Very Rev. Msgr. Peter Vaccari, Rector, St.

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