Kerala Malankara Church s Jacobite Faction Says It Will Support BJP If PM Modi Resolves Its Dispute With Orthodox Group
by MR Subramani - Jan 6, 2021 11:35 AM
PM Narendra Modi.
Snapshot
The dispute between the factions cropped up due to a split in the Malankara Church in 1912 into the Jacobite and Orthodox groups. They reunified in 1959 but the unification lasted only until 1973.
Since then, both the factions have been disputing over the churches and properties of the Malankara Church.
The Jacobite faction of Keralaâs Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is locked in a dispute with the Orthodox faction, has said that it will support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) if the Narendra Modi government resolves the long-standing feud in the church.
Jacobite faction launches protest
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Kerala CM optimistic of solution
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Kerala CM optimistic of solution
An indefinite stir by the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church demanding the Kerala government to frame a law to guarantee justice for the Jacobite faction of the Malankara Church began here on Friday.
Metropolitan Trustee Joseph Mar Gregorios Metropolitan, who inaugurated the agitation in front of the Secretariat, said the court verdict had failed to resolve the feud between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions and legislation was the only solution.
Churches in legal tangle
The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church has temporarily lost possession of 52 churches, and more than 600 churches are entangled in court cases.