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Gregorios of Parumala
Indian saint
Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala (15 June 1848 – 2 November 1902), also known as Parumala Thirumeni, was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Church.[1][2] Parumala Thirumeni became the first person of Indian origin to be canonised as saint. In 1947, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church declared Mar Gregorios as a saint,[3] making him the first saint from India canonized by that church.[4] Also, in November 1987, the Syriac Orthodox Church canonized him as a saint.[5][6][7]
Early life
Geevarghese was born in the Pallathetta family of Chathuruthy house at Mulanthuruthy near Cochin, India on 15 June 1848. His parents were Mathai Geevarghese and Mariam Geevarghese.[8] He was called by the name ‘Kochaippora’ and was given the baptismal name ‘Geevarghese’. Geevarghese had two brothers and two sisters; Kurian, Eli, Mariam and Varkey.[9] Geevarghese was the youngest. Geevarghese's mother died when he was a small boy and since then he was under the
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Dionysius Vattasseril
Indian saint
Geevarghese Dionysius Vattasseril, also Dionysius VI, Dionysius Geevarghese II or, popularly, Vattasseril Thirumeni (31 October 1858 – 23 February 1934), was a bishop of the Malankara Church and 15th Malankara Metropolitan. In 2003, Dionysius was canonized as a saint by the Malankara Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on February 23 each year. He is known as 'The Great Luminary of Malankara Church' (Malayalam: Malankara Sabha Bhasuran), a title which the Church bestowed on him in recognition of his contribution to the Church.[1]
Early life and education
Geevarghese was born in Vattasseril family, the fifth child of Joseph Vattasseril of Mallappally and Aleyamma, Kolathu Kalathil of Kurichy, on 31 October 1858. Among his siblings, Ouseph Punnoose was also a priest. Following his elementary education at C. M. S. Middle School in Mallappally he completed his high school education from C. M. S. High School, Kottayam.[2] On 12 October 1876, while still a high school student, he was ordain
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History
St. John’s Orthodox Church of Kadammanitta is one of the foundry churches of the Thumpamon diocese. As our church endures its 170 years of glorious service let us take a glimpse of its chronicle.
FOREWARD
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church was entrenched by St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, who came to India in A.D. 52. We, known as the marthoma Christians prolong to keep up the legacy and patrimony of marthoma sleeha until today. Nilackal diocese includes to one of the seven churches founded by Marthoma Sleeha. The partisans of the Nilackal Christian community had emigrated to Kadambanad and to the inner regions of Kadammanitta.
EVOLUTION
Prior to 18th century the Syrian Christians or ‘Nasrani’ also known as Saint Thomas Christians had emigrated from various regions of central Travancore to the nature blessed slender areas of Kadammanitta. Today kadammanitta is a land of traditional art forms and culture, the communal and religious harmony that prevails in our locale marks an eminent allusion in the history. These emigrants had performed t
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