Kollam Orthodox Diocese

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Diocese of Kollam

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Location
Country| India
Territory| Kollam
Metropolitan| H. G. Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius
Headquarters| Bishop's House, Cross Jn., Kollam - 691 001
Information
First holder| Dionysious V
Rite| Malankara Rite
Established| 1876, by Ignatius Peter IV
Diocese| Kollam Diocese
Parent church| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
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Kollam Diocese

The Kollam Orthodox Diocese, one of the 32 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, was created after the Mulanthuruthy Synod in 1876. H.G. Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius is the Metropolitan of the diocese, whose head office is in Bishop's House, Cross Junction, Kadappakada, Kollam, Kerala, India.

## History

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Old Building(Pallimeda) of St.Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church, Kundara

Kollam is an ancient commercial center and seaport. According to tradition, Thomas the Apostle arrived in the city and founded a church which is now underwater. Kollam is one of the seven dioceses created after the Mulanthuruthi Syrian Christian Association (synod) of 1876, led by Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Peter IV; the other dioceses are Kottayam, Kandanadu, Angamali, Niranam, Thumpamon, and Kochi. Originally, there were over 30 churches in the diocese.[1] Dionysious V was its first metropolitan bishop. He was succeeded by Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala, who also led the Niranam diocese.[1] Vattasserril Geevarghese, Geevarghese II (when the diocese's head office was in the Kundara seminary), Alexios Mar Thevodosios of Bethany (who became metropolitan in 1938),[1] Mathews I, and Mathews II followed.[1]

Mathews I moved the diocese's head office from Kottappuram Seminary in Kottarakkara to Cross Junction, near Kadappakada, where the bishop's house (aramana) and St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral were built.[1] Mathews II was appointed assistant metropolitan in 1985, and became metropolitan in 1991; the following year, there were 130 parishes and 13 churches.[1] After his death, Didymos I became the diocese's eighth metropolitan. The Thiruvananthapuram Orthodox Diocese was created from the Kollam diocese in 1979, and the Adoor Kadampanad and Kottarakkara Punalur Orthodox Dioceses were created from the Thiruvananthapuram diocese in 2010.

## Diocesan Metropolitans

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Kollam Orthodox Diocesan Metropolitan

From  | Until  | Metropolitan  | Notes
1876  | Unknown  | Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II also known as Dionysious V  | 1st Metropolitan of the diocese (Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan)[2]
Unknown  | 1902  | Chathuruthiyil Geevarghese Mar Gregorios | 2nd Metropolitan of the diocese[3]
1902  | 1909  | Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II also known as Dionysious V | Ruled Again as the Malankara Metropolitan[2]
1909  | 1912  | Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril | 3rd Metropolitan of the diocese [4]
1912  | 1934  | Kallasseril Geevarghese Mar Gregorious and as Baselios Geevarghese II | 4th Metropolitan of the diocese [5] as mar Gregorios (1912-1929) as Catholicos (1929-1934)
1934  | 1941  | Baselios Geevarghese II Catholicos  | Ruled as Malankara Metropolitan
1941  | 1965  | Mattackal Alexios Mar Theodosios  | 5th Metropolitan of the diocese [6]
1966  | 1991  | Mathews Mar Coorilos
(Later Baselios Marthoma Mathews II)  | 6th Metropolitan of the diocese [7]
1991  | 2009  | Mathews Mar Epiphanios | 7th Metropolitan of the diocese [8]
2009  | 14-Oct-2022  | Zachariah Mar Anthonios  | 8th Metropolitan of the diocese
03-Nov-2022  | Present  | Joseph Mar Dionysius | 9th Metropolitan of the diocese
Assistant Metropolitan

From  | Until  | Metropolitan  | Notes
1938  | 1941  | Alexios Mar Theodosios  | Assistant Metropolitan
1953  | 1966  | Mathews Mar Coorilos | Assistant Metropolitan [9]
1985  | 1991  | Mathews Mar Epiphanios  | Assistant metropolitan
1991  | 2009  | Zachariah Mar Anthonios | Assistant Metropolitan [10]

## Major churches

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Mar Sabor and Mar Proth. According to tradition, they arrived in Kollam in 823. St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Kollam (Bishop House)

The diocese has 64 parishes. The Kadeesha Syrian Church in Port Kollam, the tomb of Mar Abo in Thevalakkara, St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church in West Kallada, and St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church in Kundara are its oldest religious buildings. Kundara Seminary, the Nedumpaikulam St. George Orthodox Syrian Church, and the Nallila Bethel St. George Orthodox Syrian Church are other churches.

## Parishes

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Chathuruthiyil Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala Mathews II

1. Ananthamon Sehion St. George Orthodox Church
2. Ambalanirap St. George Orthodox Church
3. Chowallor St. George Orthodox Church
4. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Chittumala
5. Edavattom St. George Orthodox Church
6. Edakulangara Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church
7. Erathukulakkada Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church
8. Kadamanthadom Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church
9. Karimthottuva St. Mary's Orthodox Church
10. St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Kallada
11. St. George Orthodox Church, East Kallada
12. St. George Orthodox Church, Kareepra
13. St. George Orthodox Church, Puthoor
14. Kunathoor St. George Orthodox Church
15. Kulakkada St.George Orthodox Church
16. Kadeeshtha Orthodox Church, Kundara
17. St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Kundara
18. St. George Orthodox Church, Kaithacode
19. St. Elijah Orthodox Church, Koduvila
20. Kollam Kadeesha Orthodox Church
21. St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kollam
22. Mar Semavoon Desthuni Orthodox Church, Manjakala
23. St. Mary's Salem Orthodox Church, Manappally
24. St. George Orthodox Church, Maruthoorbhagam
25. Mar Thevodoros Orthodox Church, Madhavasseri
26. St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Maranadu
27. Mar Barsauma Orthodox Church, Maranadu
28. St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Mukhathala
29. St.George Orthodox Church, Mukhathala
30. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Muthupilakkadu
31. St. George Orthodox Church, Muthupilakkadu
32. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Mynagapally
33. St. George Orthodox Church, Nallila
34. St. Gabriel Orthodox Church, Nallila
35. St. George Orthodox Church, Nadutheri
36. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Nedumbaikulam
37. St. George Orthodox Church, Nedumbaikulam
38. St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Pattazhy
39. St. George Orthodox Church, Pattazhy
40. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Pattazhy
41. Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church, Pattazhy
42. St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Pandithitta
43. St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Perinadu
44. Mar Kuriakose Orthodox Church, Perayam
45. St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Perumpuzha
46. St. George Orthodox Church, Puthoor
47. Mar Baselios Gregorios Orthodox Church, Poruvazhy
48. St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Sooranad
49. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Sooranad
50. St. Thomas Orthodox Valiyapally, Thazhava
51. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Thalavoor
52. Marthamariam Orthodox Church, Thamarakkudy
53. Marthamariam Orthodox Church, Thevalakara
54. St. George Orthodox Church, Thevalappuram
55. St. George Orthodox Church, Kundara Kuzhimathikadu
56. St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Perinad
57. St. Thomas Orthodox puthenpally , Thrippilazhikom
58. St. Thomas Orthodox sehion church, Thrippilazhikom

## Gallery

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* St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church, Kundara

* Holy Altar of St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Church, Kundara.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Malankara Orthodox Church Encyclopedia (Malayalam) (1993 ed.). Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. pp. 268–269.
2. ^ a b "Dionysious V". malankaraorthodoxchurch.in.
3. ^ "Geevarghese Mar Gregorious". mosc.in. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017.
4. ^ "Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril". malankaraorthodoxchurch.in.
5. ^ "Geevarghese Mar Gregorious". mosc.in.
6. ^ "Alexious Mar Thevedosius". malankaraorthodoxchurch.in.
7. ^ "Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I". mosc.in.
8. ^ "Mathews Mar Epiphanios". mosc.in.
9. ^ "Mathews Mar Coorilos". mosc.in.
10. ^ "Zachariah Mar Anthonios". mosc.in.

## External links

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* Malankara Orthodox Church website
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