List of Saint Thomas Christians
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This is a list of Saint Thomas Christians who have made significant contribution to public service, science, sports, literature and the arts.
Contents
Saints
- Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Malankara Church
- Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Judicial and government service
- Anna Chandy, First woman judge of an Indian High Court[1]
Religious Leaders of the Community
- Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Supreme Head & Catholicos of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
- Abraham Malpan (1795–1845), leader of reformation in Malankara Syrian Church
- Abraham Mar Thoma (1917–1947), Mar Thoma XVII of Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church
- Alexander Mar Thoma (1953–2000), Mar Thoma XIX of Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church
- Baselios Thomas I, Supreme Head & Catholicos of Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
- Joseph Mar Thoma, Supreme Head & Marthoma XXI of Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church
- Cheppad Philipose Mar Dionysius (1825–1855), Mar Thoma XII
- George Menachery (born 1938), historian, editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India
- Acharya K K Chandy, Founder Member- Christavashram, Kottayam.
- Joshua Mar Ignathios, Bishop of the Eparchy of Mavelikara.
- Juhanon Mar Thoma (1937–1976), Mar Thoma XVIII of Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church
- Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Servant of God, OIC (1882–1953).
- Mar Thoma I (1653–1670), first bishop of the Malankara Church
- Mathews Mar Athanasius Metropolitan (1818–1877), Mar Thoma XIII
- Sadhu Kochoonju Upadesi. Christian preacher, poet and composer.
- V.C. Samuel Syrian Orthodox Theologian and Church Historian[2][3]
- K. V. Simon, poet and Mahakavi (an honorific meaning Great Poet)
- Sebastian Kappen, liberation theologian
- Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Servant of God and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute.
- Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil, head and major archbishop of Syro Malabar Church
- Mar Joseph Powathil, Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
- Cardinal Mar Antony Padiyara, Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
Gallery
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References
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- ↑ 1. Mathew Vaidyan K.L. Fr.Dr. Chief Editor; Vaidikarude Vaidikan, Commemorative Volume, Rev.Dr.V.C.Samuel Ecumenical Forum, Konni, India 2001, 2. Kuriakose M.K. Fr. Orthodox Identity in India: Essays in Honor of V.C.Samuel, Bangalore, 1988
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