Back الكنيسة المسيحية السريانية اليعقوبية Arabic كنيسة مالانكارا اليعقوبيه السريانيه الارثوذكسيه ARZ Malankara Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche German Malankaran jakobiittinen syyrialais-ortodoksinen kirkko Finnish Église syro-malankare orthodoxe French Égllése siro-malancara ortodoxe FRP Chiesa cristiana siriaca giacobita Italian Ecclesia Malankara Syriaca Orthodoxa (Iacobitae) Latin മലങ്കര യാക്കോബായ സുറിയാനി ഓർത്തഡോക്സ് സഭ Malayalam Malankara Jacobitisch-Syrisch-Christelijke Kerk Dutch
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 Jacobite Syrian Church | |
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| Abbreviation | JSC |
| Classification | Oriental Orthodox |
| Orientation | Syriac Malankara |
| Scripture | Peshitta Vishudhagrandham (Malayalam Translation) |
| Theology | Oriental Orthodox Theology |
| Polity | Episcopal polity |
| Patriarch | Ignatius Aphrem II |
| Catholicos | Baselios Joseph[1] |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch[2] |
| Region | India and Nasarani Malayali Diaspora |
| Language | Malayalam, English, Hindi, Syriac, Tamil, Kannada |
| Liturgy | West Syriac Rite Divine Liturgy of Saint James |
| Headquarters | Patriarch Ignatius Zaka I Iwas Centre (Patriarchal Centre) Puthencruz Kochi India |
| Founder | Saint Thomas the Apostle |
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| Branched from | Malankara Church[2] |
| Members | 480,000 in Kerala[8] |
| Official News Portal | J.S.C. |
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The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church,[9][10][11][12] or the Syriac Orthodox Church in India[13][14] is an autonomous maphrianate[15] of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch based in Kerala, India and a part of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. It is headed by the Catholicos of India, Mor Baselios Joseph, within the hierarchy of Syriac Orthodox Church.[16]
According to tradition, it was founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle.[17] It is currently the only church in Malankara that maintains the hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church under the Holy See of Antioch. The church employs the West Syriac Rite's Liturgy of Saint James.[18][19][20]
- ^ യാക്കോബായ സഭക്ക് പുതിയ നാഥൻ; ജോസഫ് മാർ ഗ്രി ഗോറിയോസ് കതോലിക്ക ബാവായാകും (in Malayalam).
- ^ a b Brock (2011).
- ^ History of Jacobite Syrian Church
- ^ Malankara Church[usurped]
- ^ Mathew, O. M. (2013). The Syrian Jacobite Church of Kerala and the Church Missionary Society. Mor Adai Study Centre. pp. 20–21.
- ^ Winkler, Dietmar W. (2019). "The Syriac Church Denominations: An overview". In King, Daniel (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 130–131.
- ^ Orientalia Christiana Analecta. Pontificium institutum orientalium studiorum. 1970. p. 161–162.
- ^ K.C. Zachariah, "Religious Denominations of Kerala" (Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India), Working Paper 468, April 2016, p. 29
- ^ "JSC News - The Official News Portal of the Holy Jacobite Syrian Christian Church". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Pastoral message of H.B Thomas I, Maphrian of India, Jacobite Church Head in India". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Official Publication of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Constitution 2002 (in Malayalam) The official Constitution of the Church" (PDF). Archived from the original on 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Metropolitan's from the Syriac Orthodox Church of India Visits Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II". 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Alexander, George (2018). The Orthodox Dilemma (3rd rev. ed.). OCP Publications. p. 56. ISBN 9781387922284.
- ^ Kaniamparampil, Curian Corepiscopa (1989). The Syrian Orthodox Church in India and Its Apostolic Faith. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute. Tiruvalla, Kerala, India: National Offset Press / Rev. Philips Gnanasikhamony.
- ^ "Welcome to Jacobite Syrian Christian Church". jacobitesyrianchurch.org.
The Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, an Orthodox church in Malankara (Kerala, India) is an integral part of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church with the Patriarch of Antioch, His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II as its supreme head. The local head of the church in Malankara is the Catholicose of the east, His Beatitude Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I, ordained by and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch.
- ^ Frykenberg, Robert Eric. "Thomas Christians". www.britannica.com.
- ^ "Saint Thomas Christians- Chronological Events from First Century to Twenty First Century". Nasranis.
- ^ Thomas, Abraham Vazhayil (1974). Christians in Secular India. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 9780838610213.
- ^ Joseph, John (1984). Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438408064.