List of Saint Thomas Christians
This is a list of prominent Syrian Christians of Kerala.
State Government
Governors of States
- Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas ,Governor of the , Nagaland (from May 1990 to April 1992)
Ministers of Kerala State
- T. M. Varghese – Minister for Education, Travancore (1948), of Travancore-Cochin. (1952).
Law
- Anna Chandy, first woman judge of an Indian High Court[1]
Religion
Saints
Orthodox Church
- Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Malankara Church
- Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholic Church
- Saint Alphonsa, born Anna Muttathupadathu
- Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Heads of The Catholic Church
Syrian Malabar rite
Syrian Malankara rite
- Cyril Mar Baselios
- Baselios Mar Cleemis
Others
- 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
- Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Mar Thoma XX 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]
- Sebastian Kappen, liberation theologian
- Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Servant of God and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute.
- Mar Joseph Powathil, Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
Humanities
- K. V. Simon, poet
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References
- ↑ Devika, J. (2005). Herself. Popular Prakashan. p. xxiv.
- ↑ 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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