H.G. Joseph Mar Dionysius, hails from the Thekkil Kandathil family of Valanjavattom, Thiruvalla, and was born as the youngest son of late T.V.Mathai and Annamma Mathai on 11 Nov 1955. His home parish is St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Valanjavattom of the Niranam Diocese. He was barely 16 years of age when he accepted membership in the Society of Sacred Transfiguration, Mount Tabor Dayara, Pathanapuram, from the late lamented Thoma Mar Dionysius Metropolitan.

A brilliant student, Fr. Markose Joseph graduated from Madras University in 1979 and took his post-graduation (1981) in Science faculty with first class and first rank. In recognition of his outstanding performance he was honoured with the Chithness Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit in 1981. He took his M. Phil in 1988 and Ph. D in 1995 from the Kerala University. He also has a B. D. from the Serampore University. He also obtained a Certificate Advanced Christian leadership from the Haggai International Institute, Singapore. Last of all, in September 2008, he was honoured with the prestigious Berchmans� Award for the best energy teacher of Kerala.

He was ordained deacon in 1980 and priest in 1995 by His Grace Thomas Mar Thimitheos Metropolitan (the present Catholicos). Till date, he has served as Vicar, Asst. Vicar in 9 parishes under the Thumpamon Diocese. Currently he is the Secretary of St. Thomas Orthodox Clergy Association, Diocese of Thumpamon.

In 1981, he joined St. Stephens College, Pathanapuram as Lecturer in Zoology. He became Reader in 1995 and the Director of the Zoology Research Centre in 2000. He is a member of more than a dozen academic bodies and organizations. He has published more than 25 papers in National/International academic journals. His most well-read book is �Paristhithy Adyatemeekata� (Environmental Spirituality) which elucidates Christian humanism and the orthodox theological vision of the environment.

H.G. Joseph Mar Dionysius is an outstanding orator, retreat father, eco-theologian and multi-disciplinary resource person. In 2003, he was honoured by the Board of International Research, American Biographical Institute with the �man of the year� awards

March 1st 2009 onwards he assumed as Assistant Metropolitan of Delhi Diocese.


 

His Grace Dr Paulose Mar Gregorios
First Metropolitan of Delhi Diocese
 

Widely known and honored as a theologian, philosopher, and author, His Grace Dr Paulose Mar Gregorios was the Metropolitan of Delhi from the inception of the Diocese in 1976 to 1996 and also was the Principal of the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam, Kerala from 1967 to 1996 was a member of the Standing Committee of the Holy Episcopal Synod and president of the Synodal Committee for Inter-Church Relations. He was the Director of the Delhi Orthodox Centre and the Various institutions attached to it. He was the patron of the Council for the World�s Religions, president of the Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace, New York, among several other responsible positions.

Born in Tripunithura, Kerala on 9 Auguest 1922, to T P Piely and Aley Piely. He had his early education in his home town. He worked with the government in the post and telegraph department before joining Ethiopian government schools as a teacher. He continued his studies in Indiana at Goshen College (BA), Oklahoma University and Union Theological Seminary, New York and thereafter at Princeton (M.Div.) and Yale (STM). He did his doctoral studies in Oxford and Muenster (Germany) and received his Doctorate in Theology from the Serampore University, India.

Prior to ordination as priest in 1961, His Grace had successively held offices such as general secretary, Orthodox Christian Student Movement of India; associate secretary of the Student Christian Movement of India; honorary lecturer, Union Christian College, Alwaye; Personal Aide and Adviser to Emperor Haile Sellassie of Ethiopia; honorary lecturer, University College of Addis Ababa; director of the Division of Ecumenical Action and associate secretary of the World Council of Churches, Geneva. Later, he was member of the Central Committee and of the Executive Committee of WCC; Moderator of WCC�s Church and Society 1975-83; and President of WCC.

His Grace led WCC delegations to major conferences including the UN General Assembly Special Sessions on Disarmament, 1983 and 1988, was vice-president of the Christian Peace Conference 1970-90 and chaired the World Conference on Faith, Science and the Future 1979, MIT, Cambridge (USA).

A member of the Senate of the Kerala and Serampore Universities for a number of years, His Grace has been a visiting lecturer, professor or fellow at Denver, Harvard, Wooster and Princeton. He has been a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; vice-president, Kerala Philosophical Congress and general president, Indian Philosophical Congress.

Among the honors and awards received by His Grace are honorary doctorates in theology (Leningrad, Budapest and Prague), Hall of Fame Award for Extraordinary Service to Peace and Human Unity (USA); Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Service and Inspired Leadership of the World Church, Dictionary of International Biography (Cambridge); Order of St Vladimir (USSR); Order of St Mary Magdalen (Poland); Order of Bishop Fransiszek Hodur (Poland); Otto Nuschke Prize for Peace (GDR); Soviet Land Nehru Award (India); Man of the Year Award 1990, American Biographical Institute (USA); Bhai Param Vir Singh International Award (India); Golden Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement (USA); Eminent Ecumenical Educator Award (India); Acharya Award (India); Distinguished Alumnus Award (Princeton Theological Seminary); Oskar Pfister Award, American Psychiatric Association (USA); Social Service Award, Goshen College (USA).

Apart from numerous periodical articles, symposia and encyclopacdia contributions, and lectures in scores of universities in various countries, His Grace is the chief editor of the quarterlies Star of the East (New Delhi) and Purohitan (Kottayam).

Among the books authored by His Grace are: The Joy of Freedom, Association Press, New York and Lutterworth Press, London 1967 and CLS Madras 1987; The Gospel of the Kingdom, CLS Madras 1968; The Freedom of Man, Philadelphia, Westminster 1972; Freedom and Authority, CLS Madras 1974; The Quest for Certainty, Kottayam 1975; The Human Presence, WCC Geneva 1978, CLS Madras 1980, Amity New York 1987; Truth without Tradition, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi 1978; Science for Sane Societies, Madras 1980, Paragon New York 1987; Cosmic Man, Delhi 1980, Paragon New York 1988, reprinted 1994; The Indian Orthodox Church, an overview, Delhi 1982; Enlightenment �East and West, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla 1989; The Meaning of Diakonia, WCC Geneva 1988; A Light Too Bright, State University of New York Press, Albany 1992 and A Human God, Kottayam 1993.

These words, as well as the institutions he has built, are guided by an integral vision of a culture and society that relates religion and reason, philosophy and politics, tradition and modernity, man and God.

His Grace entered eternal rest on November 24, 1996.

History of the Diocese
The Beginnings

Not many of the thousands of young, and not-so-young men and women who attend the Holy Qurbana in fifty and more parishes of the Diocese of Delhi may be aware of the beginnings of the Orthodox Church in northern India, in our own times.

Ever since the Catholicate of the East was transferred to and established in India, in 1912, the Church felt all the more its absence in the national capital. The number of Orthodox Christians in Delhi however remained small-compared to Chennai, Kolkatta and Mumbai- though their strength was gradually growing. They occasionally attended the services in one of the other churches and met, together with other Malayalees, at the annual Onam festivities. Those were days when no one enquired about the religious denomination to which one belonged.

As it happened, the Second World War provided an opportunity in 1942 to start liturgical worship in Delhi. In the face of the Japanese onslaught in Southeast Asia, the British were forced to retreat. Kolkatta suffered sporadic bombing. Within another year, Imphal fell to the invaders. Many offices were moved out of the city and so was the Bishop�s College, which shifted to Kathauli in Uttar Pradesh, a few hours journey from Delhi.

Father Mathews, the former Catholicos, H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II, was then a student at the Bishop�s College. He came over to Delhi twice a month to celebrate the Holy Qurbana; the remaining Sundays he celebrated the Eucharist at the college in Kathauli where the congregation consisted of students from Kerala belonging to various Christian denominations. Accommodating Fr. Mathews overnight at Delhi was easy as his habits were simple and his needs few.

Meanwhile, in 1938, the Churches outside Kerala had been grouped into a new Diocese. And, Alexios Mar Theodosios was consecrated the same year as the Bishop of Kollam and the �Diocese outside Kerala�. His Grace visited Delhi in 1944 to consider the means of establishing a church in Delhi. But building a church in Delhi was not easy as there were only about 15 families and some 150 persons living away from their families in Kerala, in the Orthodox community in the city at the time. All the same, hopes remained alive.

Liturgical worship continued more or less regularly. Also in 1944, Metropolitan H.G. Thomas Mar Dionysius halted in Delhi on his way back from Eastern war front and celebrated the Holy Qurbana at the Church of the Redemption. After the service, His Grace gave a graphic account of his impressions of the troops on the front line. He also recalled the interest taken by an earlier British Viceroy, Lord Irwin, in brining peace between the Church in India and the Patriarch of Antioch and also his attending the Holy Qurbana in the St. George�s Orthodox Church on a visit to Thiruvananthapuram.

The Diocesan Metropolitan H.G. Alexios Mar Theodosios revisited Delhi in 1952, celebrated the Holy Qurbana in the Chapel attached to the Lady Hardinge Hospital and baptized two infants. A group met with His Grace at the residence of Mr. M.M. Thomas (later, Adviser to the Union Public Service Commission) and discussed the support needed for a parish in Delhi. This meeting was a turning point in that it decided to go ahead and take steps to construct a church in the capital.

This important resolve was prompted by several influences. A visit by the Missionary Bishop, Pathros Mar Osthathios had prepared the mind of the congregation on the basic need of a church of their own in Delhi. The 19 th centenary of the arrival of St. Thomas in India provided the inspiration to formally launch the parish in Delhi in 1952 with the help of Fr. T.G. Koshy from Mumbai. Indeed, this rare celebration, jointly organized by all the Christians in the capital, was enriched by the participation of the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad as well as the Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, both of whom spoke warmly of the St. Thomas tradition as a national legacy. In the words of the President at the St. Thomas Day Celebration on 18 December 1952 : �Those Indians who trace their Christianity to St. Thomas have a longer history and a higher ancestry than that of Christians of many of the European countries. And it is really a matter of pride to us that it so happened.� The spiritual and political encouragement was reinforced by the offer of Mr. C.P. Matthen, Member of Parliament, to meet any deficit in the funds required for constructing the church.

The next step was to choose a priest who would be satisfied with a modest living allowance. The Diocesan Metropolitan, Mar Theodosios selected Father K.C. Thomas (at present Metropolitan, H.G.Thomas Mar Makarios of the Diocese of Canada-UK-Europe). Fr. Thomas lived at the YMCA, sharing a room and cheerfully putting up with considerable inconveniences. He served the parish for about 11 years.

The Holy Qurbana was being regularly conducted, for a time in the St. Thomas Church on Reading Road (now Mandir Marg) and thereafter for many years in the St. James Church at Kashmere Gate by the courtesy of the Cambridge Mission Brotherhood.

In 1961, the Delhi Orthodox Syrian Church Society was set up as a registered body with the three-fold aim of establishing a place of worship for the parish and an educational institution and a health care facility for the public. The effort to mobilize resources started in earnest and intensified during 1964-68. By the end of this period the St. Mary�s Orthodox Church (now a Cathedral) was completed, thereby laying the foundation for the new Diocese of Delhi which came into being in less than another decade.

How could a small congregation of a few faithfuls achieve this ambition? The contributing factors were many. With the coming of Independence, the Orthodox Church felt the urge, even more strongly than before, to express the national identity of its ancient faith through an active socio-cultural presence in the capital of India. His Holiness the Catholicos, H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Geevarghese II who guided the Church for 35 years until 1964, ardently wished and prayed for this to happen. His successor His Holiness Baselios Augen I strongly supported the initiative of the Delhi parish. Also, there was peace within the Church following the 1958 accord between the Catholicos and the Patriarch of Antioch. This explains the happy event in May 1964 when the Patriarch Moran Mar Ignatius Yakkoub III laid the foundation stone of the St. Mary�s Church, with the participation of the Diocesan Bishop Mathews Mar Athanasios (who later became Catholicos as H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I). Further, the public support of the President and the Prime Minister of India, from the very beginning, for the role of the Orthodox Christian community in the renewed socio-religious life of India was invaluable and continued through the powerful goodwill expressed by their successors, Presidents Dr. S Radhakrishnan and Dr. Zakir Hussain and Prime Ministers Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and Shrimati Indira Gandhi.

There was international solidarity as well. In its formative years the Delhi parish had the good fortune of welcoming spiritual leaders like the Catholicos of Armenia, His Holiness Vuzgen I and the Head of the Ethiopian Church, His Holiness Abba Theophilus. His Imperial Majesty Haile Sellassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who had visited India and the church in 1956 �(incidentally, Mr. Paul Varghese, the former Diocesan Metropolitan H.G. Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios, soon after became his Personal Aide and Advisor)- gifted a sum of Rs. 50,000 to the church building fund at a critical stage in 1966. The emperor also paid a memorable visit to the St. Mary�s Church in April 1968, within a few days of its consecration by the Diocesan Metropolitan Mathews Mar Athanasios. The parish hall of the cathedral is named after the Emperor.

Financial support for constructing the future St. Mary�s Cathedral came from varied, sometimes unexpected sources. The citizens of Delhi, prominently including members of the sister churches, and several business houses contributed willingly through participation in fund-raising fetes and buying advertisement space in publications, which became a regular feature. A major part of the building fund came from voluntary contribution of a month�s salary by the members of the parish. There were contributions also from Kerala, such as from the Kottayam Cheria Palli.

The resources generated were managed with efficient care, on financial matters by Mr. A.V. Poulose (who subsequently became Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways) and on the engineering aspects by Mr. P.K. Thomas (later, Chief Engineer, Roads, Ministry of Transport). Besides them, the Church society had the benefit of the mature leadership of the presiding vicars, Father C.V. Samuel who succeeded Father K.C. Thomas and from 1965, Father K.A. George. Mr. A.M. Thomas, Minister of State for Defense Production was an unfailing source of support. Mrs. Achamma John Matthai, (wife of India�s first Minister for Railways and thereafter Finance Minister) was another staunch supporter of the church building project. Senior members of the parish like Mr. P.C. Mathew, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Dr. K.C. Thomas, Secretary in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power and many others in and outside the government were consistently helpful in realizing the collective vision.

Even as progress was maintained in the construction of the Church at the headquarter of the future diocese, care was taken by the vicar and the parishioners to ensure the regularity of the Holy Qurbana as well as allied activities for spiritual growth through Prayer Meetings, Martha Mariam Samajam, Youth League and Bible Class. Though limited in resources, the Delhi parish extended spiritual and moral support, one way or another, to congregations such as of Ambala, striving to come into their own, emulating the Delhi example.

Indeed, nothing would come in the way of congregations organizing themselves, parishes being established and churches being built by relatively small groups of Orthodox Christians in other cities and towns in north India.

This momentous trend signified the return to the north of the faith of St. Thomas the Apostle who, according to historical tradition, had spread the Gospel in places such as Takshashila (Taxila near Islamabad in Pakistan), the ancient Buddhist university centre. Clearly, this good fortune came as a divine gift, expressed as unprecedented goodwill of men and women within and well beyond the Orthodox community.

Teaching Mission: As soon as the St.Mary's Church Building was completed, St.Paul's School was started in the parish hall in July 1968. This has now grown into a prestigious full-fledged Senior Secondary School.. There are well-established Senior Secondary Schools at Hauz Khas, Udaipur, Faridabad, Janakpuri and Ghaziabad, and other schools offering education upto varying levels at Kanpur, Gwalior, Chandigarh, Indirapuram (Ghaziabad), Singrauli, Lucknow and Banswara, with ambitious plans to upgrade them gradually. The latest addition to this family of educational institutions, is the Shantigram Vidya Niketan forming part of the Shantigram Project, for which a building has been constructed. 250 wards from the neighbourhood villages are taught in this school now.

Healing Mission: A clinic has been set up in the Shantigram Project, and it is functioning well. The latest addition in this field is St.Mary's Medical Centre at Aya Nagar, in fulfilment of the third objective of The Delhi Orthodox Syrian Church Society to establish health care units. The vision of the Society is to upgrade this into a full-fledged hospital in due course.

Shantigram Project: A notable activity in the Diocese related to the setting up of the Shantigram project, jointly owned by The Delhi Orthodox Diocesan Council and The Delhi Orthodox Syrian Church Society and managed by The Sophia Society. This is a people-centred, multi-sectoral and holistic Social Support System for community renewal, situated in the village of Mandavar in Sohna tehsil of Haryana State. Around 10000 villagers in around ten villages are currently covered, but the coverage is to be gradually expanded. Basic education, better community health. and greater economic security are expected to be enabled by the project.

The Diocese Today

Once the nucleus of the Orthodox Church in north India was formed in the capital of the country, the growth of parishes in adjacent centres was rapid and the establishment of the Diocese of Delhi followed in a few short years. Outside Delhi, there are several parishes spread across the various States at Alwar, Gurgaon, Kherti Nagar, Bharatpur, Gwalior, Jhansi, Dholpur, Agra, Dehradun, Ambala, Hardwar, Bhatinda, Hanumangarh, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jallandhar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Singrauli, Obra., Renukoot, Varanasi, Ajmer, Kota, Rawat Bhatta, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Allahabad, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer. New congregations have also been started at BITS Pilani, and Pali. Allahabad has also witnessed an amicable settlement with the CNI Church, and a vicar has been nominated for the church there.

Today, there are thirteen parishes in and around Delhi alone � Hauz Khas, Janakpuri, Tughlaqabad, Sarita Vihar, Mayur Vihar-I, Mayur Vihar-III, Rohini, Dwaraka, Dilshad Garden, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad. Overall, there are sixty one parishes including some congregations looked after by one Ramban and thirty six priests, spread over Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and United Arab Emirates.

In 1975, the Delhi Diocese was constituted by the Holy Synod, along with the four other new dioceses of Madras, Bombay, Calcutta and America. The next year, His Grace Dr. Paulose Mar Gregorios took charge as the Metropolitan of Delhi. By 1985, the Diocesan headquarters moved to its own building, the Delhi Orthodox Centre in Tughlaqabad in South Delhi. An architecturally distinctive three-storey building, the centre was dedicated by His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I and inaugurated by the Vice-President of India, Sri R Venkataraman, in November 1984. With the St. Thomas Chapel in the middle, the centre is the residence of the Metropolitan and houses, besides the secretariat of the Diocesan Council, a library, a publication unit, the People�s Education Society, Sophia Society, Sarva Dharma Nilaya, Dhyan Mandir and Niti Santi Kendra, engaged in a variety of complementary activities. In 1991, the Diocese was strengthened by the arrival of His Grace Job Mar Philoxenos as the Assistant Metropolitan.

Parishes of the Diocese

1. Abu Dhabi St.George Cathedral
2. Agra St.Thomas
3. Ajmer St.George
4. Allahabad St.Thomas
5. Alwar St.Gregorios
6. Alain St. Dionysius
7. Ambala St.Thomas
8. Aya Nagar St.George Chappel
9. Bharatpur Mar Gregorios
10. Bhatinda Mar Gregorios
11. Biwadi Mar Gregorios
12. Bikaner St.Mary’s
13. Chandigarh St.Mary’s
14. Dehradun Mar Gregorios
15. Dharuhera Mar Gregorios
16. Dholpur St.Mary’s Orthodox Church
17. Dilshad Garden St.Stephen’s Orthodox Church
18 Dubai St.Thomas
19. Dwaraka St.George
20. Faridabad St.Mary’s
21. Ghaziabad St.Thomas
22. Gurgaon St.Gregorios
23. Gwalior St.Paul’s
24. Ganganagar St. George
25. Hanumangarh St.Mary’s
26. Haridwar St.George
27. Hauz Khas St.Mary’s Cathedral
28. Hissar St.Thomas
29. Jaipur St.Thomas
30. Jallander St.George Orthodox Church
31. Janakpuri Mar Gregorios
32. Jhansi St.George
33. Jodhpur Mar Gregorios
34. Kanpur St.Mary’s
35. Khetri Nagar St.George
36. Lucknow Mar Gregorios
37. Ludhiyana Mar Gregorios
38. Mayur Vihar St.John’s
39. Mayur Vihar St.James
40. Meeret Mar Gregorios
41. Noida Mar Gregorios
42. Obra Mar Gregorios
43. Pali St. George
44. Rae Bareli St.Thomas
45. Renukoott St.Thomas
46. Rohini St.Basil
47. Singarauli Mar Gregorios
48. Sarita Vihar St. Thomas
49. Sirsa Congregation
50. Tuglakabad St.Thomas
51. Varanasi Malayali Christian Congragation
52. V.K.I Area St.Marys, Jaipur
53. Panipet Congregation
54. Gangapur Congregation
55. Sharjah Mar Gregorios
 

Priests of the Diocese

Abu Dhabi St. George Orthodox cathedral � REV.FR. JOHNSON DANIEL

Dubai St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral � REV. FR. BIJU P. THOMAS,

Asst. Vicar � REV. FR. PATHROSE JOY

Sharjah Mar Geogorious Orthodox Church � REV. FR. GEORGE ABRAHAM

Ras-Al-Khaimah St. Mary�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. JOSEPH MALAYIL

Fujairah St. Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church & Diba St. Geogorious Church Congregation � REV. FR. KOSHY THOMAS

Al-Ain St. Dionysius Church � REV. FR. PHILIP VARGHESE

Jebel Ali St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. AJU ABRAHAM

Hauz Khas St. Mary�s Orthodox Cathedral & Aya Nagar St. George Orthodox Chapel � Rev. Fr. M.C. Paulose, Asst. Vicar � REV. FR. REJU ABRAHAM

Janakpuri Mar Gregorious Orthodox Church � REV. FR. P.K. THOMAS

Sarita Vihar St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. THOMAS JOHN MAVELIL

Mayur Vihar Ph-I St. John�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. PHILIP M SAMUEL

Mayur Vihar Ph-III, St. James Orthodox Church � REV. FR. K.J. JACOB

Rohini St. Basil Orthodox Church � REV. FR. THOMAS K. SAMUEL

Dilshad Garden St. Stephen�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SAJI ABRAHAM

Dwarka St. George Orthodox Church � REV. FR. PHILIPOSE MATHEW

Faridabad St. Mary�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SAM V. GABRIEL

Ghaziabad St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SHAJI MATHEWS

Noida Mar Geogorious Orthodox Church � REV. FR. JOHNSON IYPE

Gurgaon Mar Geogorious Orthodox Church � REV. FR. JACOB GEORGE

Gwalior St. Paul�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. YAKOOB BABY

Jhansi St. George Orthodox Church & Dholpur St. Mary�s Orthodox Church �

REV. FR. JOHN K. JACOB.

Agra St. Thomas Orthodox Church & Bhartapur Mar Geogorious Orthodox Church � REV. FR. ABILASH T. ISSAC

Ambala St.Thomas Orthodox Church, Bhatinda Mar Gregorios Orthodox church, Hissar, Sirsa, Panipet Congrigations � REV. FR. P.K. GEORGE

Chandigarh St. Mary�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. NINAN PHILIP

Ludhiana Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church � REV. FR. AJI K. CHACKO

Jaipur St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SHAJI GEORGE

Kanpur St. Mary�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. T.J. JOHNSON

Udaipur St.Gregorios Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SAJI YOHANNAN

Banswara St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Dungarpur St. Gregorios Orthodox Church,

Pratapgarh St. Stephen�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. SAM THOMAS

Bikaner St. Mary�s Orthodox Church, Sri Gananagar St. George Orthodox Church, Hanumangarh St. Mary�s Orthodox Church, Jaipur St. Mary�s Orthodox Church � REV. FR. JOYSON THOMAS

Singrauli Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church, Renukoot St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Varansi Malayali Christian Congrigation � REV. FR. JOJI KURIEN THOMAS

Kota St. Mary�s Orthodox Church & Rawat Bhatta St. Gregorios Orthodox Church � REV. FR. GEORGE VARGHESE

Lucknow Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church & Rae Bareli St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. BIJU DANIEL

Jodhpur Mar Greogoris Orthodox Church, Pali St. George Orthodox church � REV. FR. ABRAHAM JOHN

Khetri Nagar St. George Orthdox Church � REV. FR. THOMAS NINAN

Meerut Mar Greogoris Orthodox Church, Haridwar St. George Orthodox Church, Allahabad St. Thomas Orthodox Church � REV. FR. MATHEW VARGHESE



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