His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese II is the third Catholicos of the East in Malankara, and was the chief hierarch of the Indian Orthodox Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the East, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East). He was born on June 16, 1874 at Kurichi near Kottayam. Fluent in the Syriac and English languages, he was consecrated to the Apostolic Throne of St.Thomas with title Baselios Geevarghese II, on February 15, 1929. He died on January 3, 1964. The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the East, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East), is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Church family. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
The Saint Thomas Christians (Malayalam: Nasrani) are a group of Christians from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac Christianity. ...
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His Holiness Moran Mar Baselious Marthoma Mathews II, the Catholicose and Malankara Metropolitan, was born at Perinadu in Kollam district of Kerala, India on January 30,1915, to Mr.Idiculla and Mrs.Annamma, Puthusherazhikathu Puthen Veedu.
He was ordained as Sub Deacon in 1938 by the late Catholicose His Holiness BaseliousGeevargheseII (Memory Eternal), as Deacon on May 6,1941 and as Priest on May 25,1941.
His Holiness Baselious Mathews II is the most traveled Catholicose in the history of the Catholicate.
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