Mar Thoma II is the nephew of the Mar Thoma I and in 1665 when the Metropolitan of Jerusalem Mar Gregorios came; he was consecrated as Mar Thoma II. Having shouldered the administration of the Malankara Church from 1670 and preserved the faith and given leadership to its activities, Marthoma II was killed by lighting on 13 April 1686. His mortal remains are interred in the Niranam Church. His death anniversary is on 14th April.
Mar Anthroyos Bava
It was in AD.1675, during the tenure of Malankara Metropolitan Marthoma II, the Metropolitan Mar Anthroyos together with his 2 brothers and some others migrated to Malankara from 'Turabdin' . One of the brothers of Mar Anthroyos is genealogically the ancestor of Parumala Thirumeni. On reaching Malankara, Mar Anthroyos stayed at the Mulunthuruthy MarThoman church. He continued to be there for many more years. But due to some dubious acts of an influential family of the church, he was forced to leave the place. Mar Anthroyos later visited and stayed at St.Mary's Church Piravom, St. Mary's Church Manarcad and the Puthenkavu Church in the south. There he taught Syriac and gave guidance to the clergy. In 29 February 1692, Mar Anthroyos while taking bath, slipped into the river at Kallada, and died. His body was laid to rest at the Kundara St.Thomas Orthodox church. The annual 'dhukrono' of the Holy father is still celebrated in that church. In the Southern districts of Kerala, he is popularly known as "Kallada Appoppen", while northerners call him "Kallada Bawa".
A few years after the demise of Mar Anthroyos, his two brothers went to Piravom and stayed at the church building ('Pallimeda' in Malayalam) which was called as 'Srambi'. Later they returned to Mulunthuruthy and adopted 'Srambikkal' as their family name. Of the two brothers of Mar Anthroyose, one married from 'Palasna' family and had two children. These two children later settled at places called "Kattumangattu" & "Thanagattu" near Mulunthuruthy and adopted these very names for their families. In due course they become prominent families of the area. The two famous "Kattumangattu Metropolitans" were the descendants of the family that stayed at "Kattumangattu". But later on, the thrift between these two families increased. By around 1800, "Thanagattu" family become more prosperous and the administration of the ancient Mulunthuruthy Marthoman church came under them.
The famous "PALLATHITTA" family, of which Mar Gregorious (Parumala Thirumeni) belongs to, is a direct branch of this "Thanagattu" family. "Vettikkal Kurisu Palli", which later become the first Dayro of the Malankara Church, was supposed to be constructed by Iypooru Tharakan I, of this Pallathitta family. Pallathitta Geevargheese Malpan was the nephew of this Ipooran. Earlier this branch of the family (Pallathitta) had migrated to Kandanadu, near Mulunthuruthy and stayed at "Pallipram Kallarakal" House. Pallathitta Geevargheese Malpan's brother 'Kochu Mathai' later shifted to "Chathuruthy House" at Mulunthuruthy some years after his marriage with 'Mariya'.
Yeldho Mar Baselius
In 1683, Mar Thoma II, the bishop of the Malabar Syrian Church sent a letter to the Patriarch, through one Joseph, a Syrian trade magnate from the Middle-East, requesting to bless the Church in Malankara by deputing a Metropolitan and four Malpans to counteract the destructive activities of the Romo-Syrians and to defend the Holy faith. In the same year a deputation from Malankara waited on the patriarch at Kurkuma Dayaro (Deir-al-Zaffran) in Mardin with a request for Metropolitans for safeguarding the faith and the Apostolic Succession.
In 1685 Maphrian Yeldho Mar Baselius and the newly consecrated Ivanios Hidayathulla Episcopa arrived here at Kothamangalam via Pallivasal, and stayed in the Cheriyapally. On 14th Sept Mar Baselius Maphrian raised Mar Ivanios Episcopa to the rank of Metropolitan. Leaving him to the care for the Malankara Church, on 29th September 1685 the saintly Mar Baselius breathed his last in the Cheriyapally at a grand old age after 13 days of his arrival there and was buried at Kothamangalam Church.Mar Ivanios
Mar Ivanios consecrated a bishop, reestablished the former church services and taught that Christ has one nature ant that the Holy Spirit is coequal with the Father and the Son. He died at Mulamthuruthy on 13 August 1693 and was buried in the Church there. He allowed the marriage of Priests and taught people to pray standing.