Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church that employs the West Syriac Rite and is in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church, possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. It is one of the major archiepiscopal churches of the Catholic Church and is headed by Major Archbishop Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum based in Kerala, India. With more than 1096 parishes, it is one of India's largest Christian groupings.The Syro-Malankara Church traces its origins to the missions of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. After the Coonan Cross Oath in 1653, the Puthenkūttukār (Malankara Faction) split from communion with the Catholic Church, and supported Archdeacon Thoma I in resisting the authority of the Latin Catholic Portuguese Padroado. The Puthenkūttukār entered into communion with the Syriac Orthodox Church...
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