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Head
of the Church:
H.H. Mar Dinha IV, Catholicos
Patriarch, 8908 Berch Avenue, Morton Grove, Illinois,
USA. Ph: 773-465-4777, 874-966-3385.
Metropolitan: Mar Aprem,
Metropolitan’s Palace, High Rd., Thrissur,
Kerala – 680 001. Ph: 0487-420978, 442166. E-mail: aprem@vsnl.com
Patriarchal
Delegate: Mar Timotheus
Metropolitan, M.T.B.C Clergy Ashram, Anjangadi, Thrissur, Kerala-680 005, Ph: 0487-422525
Area: The Metropolitan has power
throughout India: Strength: 30,000; Priests: 35;
Deacons:27;
Language: Syriac
and Malayalam
History:
Assyrian Church of the East known in India as
Chaldean Syrian Church of the East is founded by
St. Thomas, the Apostle. The St.Thomas
Christian of India from early centuries and
relations with Chaldean Syrian Church of the East founded by Mar
Thoma, Mar Barthelomeu, Mar Adhai
and Mar Mari. Mar Adhai and Mar Mari were among the
seventy disciples of Jesus. It was a flourishing Church. By 90 A.D. this Church had 19 Episcopal sees
from Mesopotamia to China and Japan. This Church was also known as Nestorian or
Assyrian Church. It uses Armaic in
liturgy. Bishops and Christian leaders used to come to India from Mesopotomia. The Portuguese missionaries who came to India in the 16th
century tried to break this tradition and Latinize them. During this period, in
1796, Saktan Thampuram the
then king of Cochin State has invited 52 families to
Thrissur for the promotion of trade and commerce. They were given land and other privileges. It is here Martha Mariam Valiya Pally of
Thrissur is built in 1814.
This community flourished and wanted to retain their
identity. They tried to get bishops from
Chaldean church. Mar Rockose
(1861-’62) and Mar Meluse (1874-’82) were the first
bishops they got. Mar Oudiso (1882-1900), Cor-Episcopa Mihael
Augustine (1900-’08). Mar Timotheos (1908-’45) succeeded them. There was no
bishop from 1945 to ’52. Next bishop
from Chaldean Church was Mar Thoma Darmo (1952-’68).
During his period there was a split in the Church. In 1964 Mar Simeon, Patriarch of Chaldean
Church decided to follow Gregorian calendar.
Mar Darmo and a group opposed it. They elected Mar Thoma Darmo
as 120th Patriarch. Mar Darmo went back to Chaldean in 1968. He appointed Mar Aprem, as bishop. Paulose Mar Paulose was also consecrated in
1968. But he came to India only in 1976. In 1972, Mar Simeon ordained Mar Timotheus as Metropolitan of India. So both groups of the Church had
metropolitans in India. Efforts for unity in the Church got realised
in Nov. 1995. Now, the Church is one
under Mar Dinha IV. Mar Aprem is the Metropolitan in India and Mar Timotheos delegate
of the Patriarch.
Vasco
de Gama came to south India in 1498 AD. In the Synod of
Diamper in June 1599, Archbishop Alexio de Menezes
forced the Syrian Christian community to be under the
obedience of the Pope of Rome.
In January 1653
thousands of these Christians in Malabar took an oath
with a rope tied on a bend Cross and liberated
themselves from the Portuguese fold. In 1665 a
Metropolitan came from the East. Mar Gregorius of
Jerusalem was his name. The Patriarch of Antioch sent
him. The Syrian Christians received him. They were not
aware of the split of the Syrian Christian community to
East Syrian and West Syrian Churches. At that time no
bishops came from the Church in Baghdad. The
Patriarchate had been moved from Baghdad to different
places and finally it was in Qudshanis in Kurdistan.
In 1796 AD. the Shakthan Thampuran, the
famous Maharaja of erstwhile Cochin State (now part of
Kerala) brought 52 Christian families to Thrissur with
a view to develop Trichur as a center of trade and
commerce.
The Mart
Mariam Big Church
was constructed in 1814 AD for the worship of those
Christian families.
This Church is
under the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of
the East. The present Catholicos Patriarch H.H. Mar
Dinkha IV is residing in Chicago, U.S.A. His Holiness
Mar Dinkha IV was born in Northern Iraq on 15 September
1935. He became bishop in Teheran, Iran on 11 February
1962. He was consecrated Catholicos Patriarch on 17
October 1976.
There are three
archbishops (Lebanon, India and Iraq), and eight bishops
under the Catholicos Patriarch.
This Church now
uses the Gregorian calendar. Patriarch and Pope John
Paul II signed a Common Christo logical Declaration on
11 November 1994 in Vatican.
The Church in
India has 29 parishes, out of which five are outside
Kerala such as Coimbatore, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore
and Delhi.
Mar
Dinkha IV
His Holiness’
father Andrews, one of the son's of the late Rev.
Benyamin, son of Rev. Soro, is from the family of the
martyr Mar Dinkha, Bishop of Urmi, Iran. His Holiness’s
mother Panna, also from the same family, was highly
respected for her faith, pure Christianity and
humanitarian feelings.
Born On 15th Sept
he was baptized in St. Koryakos church, on October 25,
1935, in the village Derbendoki from the historical
Sub–District of Hareer, where His Holiness was born and
where Christianity had flourished in the past. The
relics of the-fourth-century churches like Mar Odisho
and Mar Bawai still stand. Both Christians and Moslems
still believe in the sanctity of Derbendoki relics
particularly in the medicinal water spring where from
they use water for curing their chronic diseases or
ailments, as they consider the water sacred, springing
from under a hill on the top of which the relics of an
old Assyrian Monastery can be seen. Here in the church
of martyr Mar Koryakus the baby was christened and named
KHANANIA, Mercy of God.
Andrews was the son of Qasha Benyamin in the family
of Mar Dinkha which had supplied about 17 bishops to the
Assyrian Church of the East. The last of these bishops
in the family of Mar Dinkha was martyred in February
1915 near Urmia.
The martyr bishop Mar Dinkha was a cousin of priest
Benyamin. There were no bishops in the diocese of Mar
Dinkha from 1915 to 1962.
When Khanania was born in 1935 nobody predicted that he
was going to be a bishop or later a Catholicos
Patriarch. Yet his mother Panna abstained from meat when
she was pregnant with her firstborn. Later she delivered
one more son who is a deacon now in San Jose, California
and a daughter named Victoria who lives in Teheran with
her family and grand children. His mother Panna died in
1968 and was buried in Teheran. His father Andrews died
in San Jose, California on 25 December 1999. Patriarch’s
younger brother Ezaria became a deacon and serves in the
church of St.Joseph in San Jose, California where he
lives with his wife.
Darbandoki is the village near Arbil in Northern Iraq
where he was born. Arbil is famous being the home for
Mar Oudisho and Mar Qardagh, the martyr.
Priest Benyamin trained his grandson Khanania. Then they
sent him to the spiritual care of Mar Yosip Khananisho
Metropolitan in Harir. Mar Yosip Khananisho Metropolitan
sent him to the seminary in Baghdad in 1947. The
Metropolitan ordained him deacon at Mar Yokhanan Church
in Harir in 1950. He raised him to priesthood on 15 July
1957.
On December 15, 1957 he went to Abadan, Iran. He did
holy Qurbana on 7th January 1958 for
Christmas. On 25th January 1958 Rev.Khanania
moved from Abadan to Teheran, capital city of Iran.
Rev. Khanania was a hard worker. He built the Mar
Gewargis Church in Teheran. He started a school in
Teheran. He organized the Assyrians in Teheran. The
Assyrians in Iran were happy because although they had
no bishop in Iran for 43 years here was a young celibate
priest who was a hard working clergyman. Though the
priest was only 23 years old he demonstrated the ability
and maturity of an experienced priest. His name spread
outside the country of Iran or Asia.
The
Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church Mar Eshai
Shimun heard about his sterling qualities from Mar
Khananisho Metropolitan. Thus Rev. Khannania was chosen
to be bishop. Patriarch Mar Eshai Shimun came to Teheran
on his return journey from India and consecrated Rev,
Khanania as a bishop on 11 February 1962.
Qasha Benyamin, grandfather of Qasha Khanania, was alive
when the grandson was doing great work in Teheran. The
grandfather would have rejoiced to see his grandson
priest to become a bishop. But a few months before Mar
Dinkha became a bishop, the old priest Qasha Benyamin
died in Iraq. He was 105 years old when he passed away.
It took a long time for the grandson to hear the sad
news of the death of his grandfather. There was no much
communication between Iran and Iraq.
The Church in Iran was without any Bishop after the
First World War.
The missionary activities in Iran had ended. The
Persian government prohibited in 1928 the Bible in the
schools. The Persian government took over all schools
in the forties. In 1934 the government of Iran asked
all the "foreigners" to evacuate Azerbaijan.
On 17 October 1976 Mar Dinkha was consecrated as the
Patriarch of the universal Assyrian Church of the East.
Dr.
Mar Aprem Metropolitan
Mar
Aprem (formerly George Davis Mooken) was born on 13 June
1940 at Thrissur, Kerala, India. George was the 4th
of the ten children of Devassy and Kochumariyam of the
Mooken family. He was active in the church since his
Sunday school days. There were no priests in the
families of his parents. Still he wanted to be a priest.
After studying at
Bethel Nursery School in Mission Quarters he joined the
CMS Boys Parish School and moved to the Chaldean Syrian
School in 1949. After passing High School examination
he joined the St. Thomas College, Trichur in 1955. He
was in the final batch of the Intermediate Course of the
Madras University in the St.Thomas College.
In 1957
after passing his intermediate examination he joined the
Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
He excelled as debater and won Chief Minister Memorial
Trophy of the state of Madhya Pradesh . When he was only
21 years old, immediately after four years of his B.D.
course of the Serampore University at Jabalpur, he went
to St. Boniface College, Warminster, England on a
scholarship of the World Council of Churches. After his
one year of postgraduate studies in England at St.
Boniface College, Warminster (4th year course of the
King’s College, London University) he had short courses
at St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury as well as the
Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland in 1962.
He
holds two master’s degrees in Church History, one from
the United Theological College, Bangalore (M.Th.
of Serampore, 1966), and the other from the Union
Theological Seminary, New York (S.T.M. degree in
1967). He was a candidate for Doctor of Theology (Th.
D.) degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.
When he was made bishop and eight days later as
Metropolitan at Baghdad, Iraq in September 1968. In
1976 he earned his D.Th. degree from Serampore
University near Calcutta.
He was
an active participant and supporter in most of the
conferences and symposia held at SEERI ( St. Ephrem
Ecumenical Research Institute ) Kottayam. He has
encouraged scholars abroad to co-operate with SEERI. He
sent two students from his church to study at SEERI for
M.A.degree courses and several others to do the
certificate course. He has helped to project the
ecumenical vision of the SEERI.
Mar
Aprem has a collection of the rare Syriac Manuscripts in
the Eastern Syriac. He took active part in encouraging
ecumenical attempts for the preservation of these
manuscripts in co-operation with SEERI. In 1995, Mahatma
Gandhi University in Kottayam recognized SEERI as the
Centre for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Syriac language
and Literature.
Dr. Mar
Aprem Metropolitan registered for Ph.D. After 5 years of
extensive research traveling and reading in Lambeth
Palace Library, London, British Library, London,
Oriental Institute, Rome, and the Harvard University,
USA he submitted his Ph.D. dissertation in
October 2000. In May 2002 he successfully defended his
thesis. In October 2002 the Syndicate of the
M.G.University decided to award Ph.D. degree to
Mar Aprem.
Mar
Aprem was given the Medal of Merit of the Coptic
Orthodox Cultural Centre, Venice for his cultural and
ecumenical experience. He was the recipient of the
Literary Award of the Rotary Club of Thrissur in 1990.
The first prize in the writing competition of the New
Delhi based publishing House ISPCK went to him. They
published that essay under the title Adoption Abroad
( ISBN-81-7214-010-x) in 1991. He received World Wide
Award of Thrissur as well as the William Carey
Award of the Kraisthava Sahithya Academy. He
was awarded the Mary Paul Chammanam Award by the
Trichur Ecumenical Group for the best Ecumenical worker
on 22nd December 2002.
He
delivered the 10th Annual Chaplaincy
lecture in the Loughborough University of Technology
in England in May 1994. The University published his
lecture. He has lectured and preached in many places all
over the world. He is at home in small groups of
scholars or ordinary people as well as in large
gatherings.
Ordained
a deacon on June 25, 1961 he became a priest on the day
he completed twenty-five years of age on 13 June 1965.
He was consecrated Bishop on September 21, 1968
by Mar Thoma Darmo at Mar Zaia Cathedral in Karradat
Mariam in Baghdad and promoted as a Metropolitan
eight days later in the same Cathedral.
Dr.Mar
Aprem Metropolitan of the Chaldean Syrian Church of The
East in India with headquarters in Thrissur was awarded
the “MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT”, Award of the
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
In 1984. This award is given to selected men and women
all over the world for their distinguished
achievements.
Mar
Aprem has written 63 books mostly in English and a few
in Malayalam such as biographies, autobiography,
travelogue, church history, etc. His books Bishop’s
Jokes and Laugh With the Bishop have already
attracted world attention. He wrote four more books in
the humor series. Laugh to Health, Holy Humour, Joy
to the World and Holy Smile. His seventh book
of humour Not So Funny is to be released in 2004.
ORBIS books in New York reprinted his book “Nestorian
Missions”.
His
first two humor books were translated into Russian
language and released in Moscow in 1992. Some of his
jokes were translated into Malayalam and published by
Deepika Books, Kottayam under the caption Vishudha
Phalithangal. This book is out of print for
many years. Doma Publications, Ernakulam brought out
another book in 2002 captioned Aprem Phalithangal.
His
biography of Mar Abimalek Timotheus Metropolitan
was translated in to the Assyrian language and published
in Chicago. His books, Council of Ephesus of 431 AD
and the Nestorian Fathers were translated into
Arabic language and published in Iraq and Chicago. His
books Sermons From the Gospels Vol.1 and Vol.
2 were translated into Assyrian and published in
Canada. His biographies of his two predecessors, Mar
Abimalek Timotheus and Mar Thoma Darmo were
published in Thrissur in Malayalam translations.
The
biographical details of Mar Aprem have been given in the
Men of Achievement, Vol. 10, Cambridge, England
in 1984. His biography appears in the International
Who’s Who of Intellectuals, Vol. 6 Cambridge,1985.
The International Directory of Distinguished
Leadership, First Edition, USA, 1986 also gives the
biographical details of the Metropolitan. Similar
details are found also in Reference Asia Vol.
2 in 1986 and Vol. 4 in 1989. Biography
International, Delhi, 1993 also has details about
him. The Akhila Vinjyana Kosham, DC Books,
Kottayam, 1989 and many reference books in Malayalam and
English languages have published details about him
He is
also a writer of devotional songs broadcast over All
India Radio. His song Behold the Cross of
Calvary was published in 50 Indian and 50 foreign
translations. Mar Aprem who has spoken in various
platforms throughout India and abroad is a linguist.
He
founded The Mar Thimotheus Birth Centenary Technical
Training Centre in Trichur in 1980, which imparts free
training in printing technology to students without any
discrimination of caste or creed. This is funded from
the World Council of Churches, Geneva through CASA,
Delhi.
In
June 1990 Dr. Mar Aprem read a paper in the
one-man-symposium organized by the Pro Oriente,
Vienna. The title of his paper was “ Was Nestorius a
Nestorian?” This was the first step to form a
Syriac commission by the Pro Oriente, Vienna. He has
been active in Pro Oriente since the Syriac Commission
was formed in 1994. He has participated actively in its
deliberations.
He is
the co-Chairman of the ten-member Joint committee for
Theological Dialogue between Vatican and the Assyrian
Church, which meets once a year. This committee has made
significant studies on the Liturgy of Mar Addai and Mar
Mari as well as the Sacraments of the Assyrian Church of
the East.
Since 1968 he is the head of the Church of the East in
India with his headquarters in Thrissur. He was the
President of the Church History Association of India
during 1976 – 1982. He is a member of the National Board
of CASA (Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action)
since its founding in 1976 in New Delhi. He is active
in several religious and social organizations, all over
India.
This Church has
taken membership in National Council of Churches in
India, Kerala Council of Churches, Church’s Auxiliary
for Social Action, Delhi, Christian Medical College,
Vellore etc.
The Church that
had a temporary split during (1964-1995) is a united
Church now. According to the constitution approved by
the Patriarch, a Board of nine Central Trustees is
elected for every 3 years. The present chairman of the
Board of Trustees is Inasu Jacob.
Board
of Central Trustees (2004 April – March 2007)
1. Inasu Jacob
Chairman
2. John
Paul Vice Chairman
3. M.I
Paul Member
4. C.P
Jose “
5. Mathew
Thomas “
6 K.A
John “
7 C.D
Johnson “
8. N.O Inasu
“
9. Babu Konikkara
“
Address: Office of The Board of Central Trustees ,
Chaldean Syrian Church of the East,
High Road, Trissur - 680 001
Kerala, India Phone 0487—2428274
Email : chaldean@sancharnet.in
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Mart Mariam Big Church |
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In 1796 A D., the
Sakthan Thampuran, King of erstwhile Cochin State
(now part of Kerala) brought 52 Christian families
to Trichur from the neighbourhood with a view to
develop Trichur as a center of trade and commerce.
The Marth Mariam Church was constructed in 1814 for
the worship of those Christian families. Abraham
Cathanar of Palai dedicated the Church in 1815 by
the command of King of Cochin state, Ramavarma,
successor of the successor of the famous Sakthan
Thampuran, who had settled down this community in
Trichur.
The
original name of this church, which is the oldest
church in Trichur town, was “Vyakula Mathavin Pally”.
Since the Roman Catholics began to argue that
this church was a Catholic Church, the authorities
of this church changed the name to Marth Mariam,
which is the Syriac translation of the name St.
Mary, Vyakula Mathavu also referred to the mother of
Jesus Christ. The Chaldean Syrians of Trichur prefer
to use the title Mother of Christ , while the
Catholics and the Orthodox insist on the expression
Mother of God.
The
question of the faith of those Christian families
has been debated in the various litigations. The
litigations took a more serious turn after the
arrival of Mar Abimalek Timotheus Metropolitan in
February 1908, sent by the Patriarch of the Assyrian
Church of the East from Kurdistan in the Middle
East. The final settlement of the litigations in
the District Court of Trichur and Royal Court of
Cochin was by the ‘Award’ of Mr. C.W.E. Cotton, the
British Political Agent who was the arbitrator
appointed by the Maharaja of Cochin state. His
Award was announced on 18th April 1925 at
Bolghatty Residency, Ernakulam that was the capital
of the Cochin State. The Plaintiffs-Appellants of
the Trichur case later joined Catholic Church and
constructed the famous “Puthan Pally” near the old
Church in the name of Vyakula Mathavu (Lady
of Dolours). Now it is known as Basilica. It is the
biggest church building in India.
Two
Metropolitans from the Middle East (Mar Thoma Rokos
1861-62 and Mar Elia Mellus 1874-82) and a
Metropolitan from the neighborhood of Palai (Mar
Abdisho Thondanatt) served the Big Church. The
Chaldean Syrians of Trichur claim their origin not
to 1814 A.D. when the Big Church was constructed,
but to 52 A.D. to the Mission of St. Thomas. Like
the other Syrian Christian denominations of Kerala,
the Chaldean Syrians of Trichur claim to be the
faithful descendants of the first century converts
of St. Thomas.
Mar Abdisho
Thondanat Metropolitan died in November 1900 A.D.
From 1900-1908 Michael Augustine Cor -Episcopa from
Mosul ruled the Church in the absence of a
Metropolitan.
1908 –
1945
Mar Abimalek Timotheus Metropolitan
1945 -
1952 There was no Metropolitan
In June 1952 Mar Thoma Darmo
Metropolitan arrived and served the Archdiocese
until he left India on 7th September,
1968. During his time the Chaldean Syrian Church in
Trichur was divided into two groups. The Patriarchal
group in 1964 adopted the western calendar prepared
by Pope Gregory in October 1582. The Metropolitan
group continued the eastern calendar, which was in
use from the time of Julius Caesar before the time
of Jesus. This group was governed by the
Metropolitan Mar Aprem (George Mooken from Trichur)
since October 1968 and the Patriarchal group was
governed by Mar Timotheus Metropolitan (C.C.Timothy,
Choondal House) from January 1972.
In November 1995 both groups were
united again under the universal headship of Mar
Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch who resides in
Chicago. The Patriarch visited the churches and
institutions in Trichur in January 2000. Mar
Timotheus Metropolitan died on 6 August 2001.
Bishop
Poulose Mar Poulose, who belonged to the
Metropolitan Group, died on 24 March 1998 during a
bye Pass surgery in Apollo Hospital in Chennai . He
was only 56 years old. He was the Chairman of the
World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), Geneva
and was well known in the church and society as an
intellectual.
The
church is governed by Mar Aprem Metropolitan. There
are 29 parishes and thirty thousand faithful. There
is a Higher Secondary school, a High School and
three Primary schools. There is a printing
technology school, a parallel College for Girls,
Orphanage and other institutions.
This
community was active in politics. Jawaharlal Nehru
along with his wife Kamala and daughter Indira
visited Mar Timotheus Metropolitan on 29 May 1931
during his first visit to Trichur town. Nehru has
written about this visit in his An Autobiography
with Musings on Recent Events in India, London,
1958, pages 273-4. Mahatma Gandhi had a famous
meeting with this foreign bishop in Trichur on
January 17, 1934.
Two
leaders of this community were in Travancore-Cochin
assembly. Mooken Ouseph Thomakutty was an
M.L.C.during 1945-1948 in the assembly of the Cochin
state representing commerce constituency..
Mr.O.T.Inasu was an M.L.C during 1948 to 1951.
Advocate P.P. Devassy who was a Vice Chairman in
Trichur Municipality from 10 December 1938 till 11
November 1941,contested the election to the assembly
and won.
Among the
Municipal Chairmen of Trichur town two were from
this community. N.O.Inasu (Nadakavukaren House) from
13 January 1935 to 16 November 1938 and Advocate
P.P.Devassy from 24 January 1949 to 8 January 1952.
Two others served as Vice Chairman, namely
C.T.Kurien (Chakola) in 1954 from January to July
and E.L. Jos from 20 Sept 1983 to 30 September 1984.
At
present there are no members from this community in
the City Corporation. The members of this church do
not favour a single political party. Most political
parties in Trichur have members from this church.
Dr.Dorothy Chacko, an American doctor who married a
deacon from Trichur Dr. Professor C.J.Chacko, was
given Padmasree award by V.V.Giri, President of
India. Professor Chacko earned Ph.D. in Political
Science from the famous Columbia University in New
York city way back in 1932 |
Parishes
- Chaldean Syrian Church, Mumbai Mahashtra.
- Chaldean Syrian Church, Near Register Office,
Kunnamkulam, Thrissur, Kerala.
- Chaldean Syrian Church, New Delhi
- Chaldean Syrian Church, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala.
- Mar Adhai Sleeha Church, Church Square, Paravattani,
Trichu, Keralar—690
005 Ph: 04870-428716
- Mar Aprem Church, Aprem Palli Junction, Chelakottukara,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 005.Ph: 0487-427714
- Mar Augin Thoovana Church, S.N.Park,
Kanjanni Rd., Thrissur, Kerala-680
003.
- Mar Beesho Church, Anakuzhi,
Puthoor, Thrissur, Kerala-680 014. Ph:
0487-356775
- Mar Esthapanose Sahdha Church, Nellangara,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 657. Ph: 0487-336851
- Mar Gheevarghese Sahadha Church, Church Junction, Cheroor, Thrissur, Kerala-680 008. Ph: 0487-332236
- Mar Kuriakose Sahdha Church, Kaloor
Ambalur Jn., Thrissur,
Kerala-680 302.
- Mar Mari Sleeha Church, Kuriachira,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 006. Ph: 0487-426896
- Mar Mathai Sleeha Church, Marottichal,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 014.
- Mar Narsai Church, Mar
Narsai Street, Kacheri,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 006.
- Mar Quardhagh Sahdha Church, Velan
Nagarm Arumbakkam,
Chennai, Tamil nadu-600 106. Ph: 044-4771335
- Mar Sleeva Church,
Chulikkal, Cochin, Kerala.
- Mar Thoma Sleeha Church, Pattikkadu,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 652. Ph: 0487-282090
- Mar Timotheus’ Church, Nellikunnu, Thrissur, Kerala-680 005. Ph: 0487-421579
- Mar Timotheus’ Church, Geddaladhalli, Kathannu,
Bangalore, Karnataka – 560 077
- Mar Timotheus’ Church, Nadakavu, Kozhikode, Kerala.
- Mar Yacob M’Pskha
Church, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala-680 653.
- Mar Yonan Church, Seminary Rd., Tiroor,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 581. Ph: 0487-202403
- Mar Zaia Church, 18.V42, Church Rd., Kunnathumedu, Palakkad Dt., Kerala-678 013.
- Marth Mariam Big Church, High Rd., Thrissur Dt., Kerala-680 001, Ph: 0487-427183
- Math Mariam Church, Muringoor,
Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala-680 307.
- May Yohanan mamdhana Church East Fort, Thrissur, Kerala-680 005. Ph: 0487-429584
- St. Thomas’ Church, 41/42,
A1Ameen Colony Rd.,
South Ukkadam,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-641-001
- St. Thomas’ Church,
Market Basin Rd., Kochi, Ernakulam,
Kerala-682 035. Ph: 0484-352016
Institutions
Ecclesiastical
Seminary: Seminary of the
Chaldean Syrian Church of the East,
Seminary Rd., Thiroor,
Thrissur, Kerala-680 581. Ph: 0484-201426
High Schools
- Mar Timotheus H.S., Kuriachira,
Thrissur, Kerala.
- Chaldean Syrian H.S., Thrissur Dt.,
Kerala.
- Primary Schools
- Chaldean Syrian School, Thrissur Dt., Kerala.
- Mar Timotheus School, Kuriachira,
Thrissur, Kerala.
- Chaldean Syrian Primary School, Nellangara,
Thrissur Dt., Kerala.
- Technical Training Institute
- Mar Timotheus Birth Century Technical
Training Centre, Thrissur, Kerala.
- Social Services
Hospital
Mar
Timotheus
Hospital, Kunnathumkara. Thrissur Dt., Kerala.
Hostels
- Chaldean Syrian Hostel, Kalathode,
Thrissur Dt., Kerala.
- Chaldean Syrian Hostel, Mulayam,
Thrissur Dt., Kerala.
Press
- Mar Narsai Press, Thrissur, Kerala.
- Mar Avadeesho Press, Anchangady,
Thrissur, Kerala.
Publication
Voice of
East, Metropolitans
Palace, High,
Rd., Thrissur, Kerala-680 001.
Ph:
0487-420978, 442166
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