Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

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The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox Christian church based primarily in India, tracing its origins to the apostolic mission of St. Thomas and maintaining ancient West Syriac liturgical traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Oriental Orthodox Church
autocephalous church
alsoKnownAs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
surface form: Indian Orthodox Church

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
surface form: Malankara Orthodox Church

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
surface form: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Christian Church
apostolicOrigin Apostle Thomas
surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle
associatedRegion Malabar Coast
christology Miaphysite
claimsFoundationBy Apostle Thomas
surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle
communion Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox communion
country India
currentCatholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III
denominationalFamily Syriac Churches
surface form: Syriac Christianity
foundingTradition Apostolic era
governanceType episcopal polity
hasClergyRank bishop
deacon
priest
hasDioceseIn Africa
Australia
Europe
Gulf countries
India
North America
hasMonasticTradition yes
hasSeminary Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam
headquarters Devalokam, Kottayam
Kottayam
headquartersCountry India
headTitle Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
liturgicalFamily West Syriac liturgical tradition
liturgicalTradition Syriac Rite
surface form: West Syriac Rite
mainClassification Oriental Orthodoxy
patriarchateType autocephalous
primaryLanguageOfLiturgy Malayalam
Syriac
primaryScript Malayalam script
Syriac alphabet
surface form: Syriac script
primaryTerritory India
Kerala
recognizesCouncil Council of Ephesus
First Council of Constantinople
First Council of Nicaea
regionOfOrigin Malankara
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
sacramentalTheology seven sacraments
separatedFrom Assyrian Church of the East
surface form: Church of the East

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malankara Church

Syriac Orthodox Church
supremeHeadTitle Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
surface form: Catholicos of the East

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malankara Metropolitan
theology Miaphysitism
usesScripture Bible
venerates Church Fathers
Apostle Thomas
surface form: Saint Thomas the Apostle

Virgin Mary

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Oriental Orthodoxy hasMemberChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Syriac Rite isUsedBy Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Armenian Apostolic Church communionWith Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Syriac Orthodox Church majorBranch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church primaryEthnicBase Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Syrians
Eastern Christianity includes Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church alsoKnownAs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Indian Orthodox Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church alsoKnownAs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Orthodox Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church alsoKnownAs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Christian Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church separatedFrom Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malankara Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church supremeHeadTitle Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malankara Metropolitan
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church originatedFrom Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Church
Miaphysitism heldBy Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
St. Thomas Christians majorChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Syriac Churches includesChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Holy Qurbana usedInChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Saint Severus of Antioch veneratedIn Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
West Syriac script usedBy Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
West Syrian Anaphora of Saint Basil usedInChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Anaphora of Saint Basil (West Syrian form) usedBy Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Liturgy of St. James denominationalUse Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan denomination Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan alsoKnownAs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Metropolitan
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan jurisdiction Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan electedBy Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Association and Holy Episcopal Synod
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan hasComponentTitle Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Metropolitan
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III denomination Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III office Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Metropolitan
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III jurisdiction Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III isLeaderOf Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III isSupremeHeadOf Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Devalokam, Kottayam religiousAffiliation Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Devalokam, Kottayam religiousJurisdiction Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Devalokam, Kottayam religiousCommunity Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Christian community
Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam affiliation Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam denominationalAffiliation Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Malankara associatedWithChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Malankara associatedWithChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Malankara usedAsEcclesiasticalTitleIn Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Kottayam hasReligiousInstitution Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Orthodox Syrian churches
Kottayam isHeadquartersOf Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
West Syriac liturgical tradition associatedWithChurch Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Moran Mor Ignatius Elias III seeAlso Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Church
Geevarghese Ivanios church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Geevarghese Ivanios affiliation Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
this entity surface form: Malankara Church