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== Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ==

== Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ==

The Church has dioceses and churches in most parts of India as well as in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Persian Gulf nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The official title of the head of the Church is the “Catholicos of the East, Catholicos of the Apostolic throne of St. Thomas, and the Malankara Metropolitan”.  

The Church has dioceses and churches in most parts of India as well as in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Persian Gulf nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The official title of the head of the Church is the “Catholicos of the East, Catholicos of the Apostolic throne of St. Thomas, and the Malankara Metropolitan”.  

The present Catholicos of the East and Malankara, His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, 22nd Malankara Metropolitan as the 9th Catholicos on 15 October 2021 at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Parumala, succeeding His Holiness Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. <ref> St Thomas Detroit, " History of Indian Orthodox Church ". [http://stthomasdetroit.org/our-faith/history-of-indian-orthodox-church/]</ref>

The present Catholicos of the East and Malankara, His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, 22nd Malankara Metropolitan as the 9th Catholicos on 15 October 2021 at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Parumala, succeeding His Holiness Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. <ref> St Thomas Detroit, " History of Indian Orthodox Church ". [http://stthomasdetroit.org/our-faith/history-of-indian-orthodox-church/]</ref> The Church, NEVER has had a Schism with any of the other churches it was just separated by distance, so was always run as an [[Autocephalous]] church.

==See also==

==See also==