Chrysostom laid to rest with State honours
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CM, Governor pay last respects to departed Metropolitan Emeritus of Mar Thoma Church
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Nagari Kanikkal ritual held as part of the funeral procession of the Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Metropolitan Emeritus of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian church, in Thiruvalla on Thursday.
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CM, Governor pay last respects to departed Metropolitan Emeritus of Mar Thoma Church The mortal remains of Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Metropolitan Emeritus of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, were laid to rest with State honours at the St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church courtyard in Thiruvalla on Thursday.
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 03:21 PM MYT
Philipose Mar Chrysostom, fondly known to local Mar Thoma parishioners as Valiya Thirumeni, was the emeritus Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and a bishop for close to 68 years.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 ― Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan has passed away at age 104.
Early this morning (May 5), many Mar Thoma Malaysians were met with the news that His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan, a venerable bishop of the Mar Thoma Syrian Christian Church, had passed away at the Fellowship Mission Hospital in Kumbanad, in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India. He had just celebrated his 104th birthday on April 27, and was regarded as one of the world’s oldest bishops.
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
In Kerala, the Church is a crucial political player
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April 05, 2021 23:38 IST
Any polarisation in the UDF’s Christian vote will upset its plans of coming back to power
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Any polarisation in the UDF’s Christian vote will upset its plans of coming back to power
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