Malankara church Valiya Metropolitan Mar Chrysostom passes away
Mar Chrysostom Valiya Matropolitan had celebrated his birthday on April 27 at a private medical college at Tiruvalla.
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THIRUVALLA: Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan, the emeritus Metropolitan of the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church passed away at Kumbanad Fellowship Hospital on Wednesday. The 104 year old Metropolitan was the senior most metropolitan of any Christian denomination in the world and the country had honoured him with Padma Bhushan award in 2018.
Mar Chrysostom Valiya Matropolitan had celebrated his birthday on April 27 at a private medical college at Tiruvalla. He was admitted to the hospital following urinary infection and had tested Covid positive. However he later tested negative and was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. He was shifted shifted to the Fellowship Mission hospital at Kumbanadu later. However, his
Philipose Mar Chrysostom (File picture)
KOTTAYAM: The longest-serving Bishop of the country, Philipose Mar Chrysostom of Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian church, passed away at the age of 103 at a private hospital in Pathanamthitta in the wee hours of Wednesday.
For the last few years he has been residing at a hospital owned by the church in Kumbanad.
He served as a Bishop for 68 years which is a record in the Indian church.
He was admitted to a private hospital in Thiruvalla after his health deteriorated on April 23. He was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after he regained health.
The funeral will be held at the special cemetery for bishops at the church headquarters in Thiruvalla at 3pm on Thursday.