The Exarchate to Formally Welcome His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop-Catholicos

  • Posted on: 6 May 2013

May 6, 2013

New Hyde Park, NY - The Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in the USA will formally welcome His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, this weekend in New York. This will mark His Beatitude's first visit to the Exarchate after his elevation to the College of Cardinals last November.

The Exarchate will formally receive His Beatitude on two occasions. On Friday, May 10, 2013, a special dinner hosted by the Exarchate will be held in honor of the Cardinal at St. Vincent DePaul Church in Elmont, NY . Members of the Exarchial Pastoral Council and other Exarchial Councils along with bishops of the Indian Christian Churches and other dignitaries will come together to share fellowship with His Beatitude The Cardinal. And, on Sunday, May 12, 2013, His Beatitude will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Holy Qurbono at the St. John Chrysostom Pro-Cathedral at 2:00 PM together with Bishop Mar Eusebius, the priests, religious, and faithful of the Exarchate. A short felicitation meeting will follow the Holy Qurbono.

His Beatitude was created a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on November 24, 2012, and was named Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio VII. After his visit to New York, His Beatitude will take travel to Rome to take possession of his titular church.

On the occasion of His Beatitude's first visit since being created cardinal, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in the United States formally extends greetings and cordial best wishes to the Head and Father of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos. All the Malankara Catholic faithful are encouraged to participate in Holy Qurbono to be celebrated on Sunday, May 12.

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