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Chaldean Syrian Church

This article is about the church in India in communion with the Assyrian Church of the East. For the Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Holy See, see Chaldean Catholic Church.

Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ
കൽദായ സുറിയാനി സഭ
The Mar Thoma Sliva or Saint Thomas Cross, the symbol of the Church
ClassificationEastern Christianity
OrientationSyriac Christianity
TheologyEast Syriac theology
Catholicos-
Patriarch		Mar Awa III
Metropolitan
Archbishop		Metropolitan Mar Awgin Kuriakose
RegionIndia, diaspora
LanguageSyriac, Malayalam
LiturgyEast Syriac Rite
HeadquartersMarth Mariam Cathedral
Thrissur, Kerala, India
FounderSaint Thomas the Apostle
OriginApostolic Era
Branched fromChurch of the East in India
Members15,000[1]
Official websiteOfficial website

The Chaldean Syrian Church of India (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ; Malayalam: കൽദായ സുറിയാനി സഭ / Kaldaya Suriyani Sabha) is an Eastern Christian denomination, based in Thrissur, in India. It is organized as a metropolitan province of the Assyrian Church of the East, and represents traditional Christian communities of the East Syriac Rite (hence the name) along the Malabar Coast of India.[2] It is headed by Mar Awgin Kuriakose.[3][4]

The Church uses the East Syriac Rite, and employs the Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari.[5] Its members constitute a traditional community among Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Nasrani), who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are based mostly in the state of Kerala, numbering some 15,000 members in the region.[6]

The Chaldean Syrian Church is a modern-day continuation of the historical ecclesiastical province of India, that was active in continuity until the 16th century, as part of the ancient Church of the East.[7] After the long period of internal schisms and struggles, that lasted from the end of the 16th to the beginning of the 20th century, the Church was consolidated during the tenure of Mar Abimalek Timotheus (d. 1945), who is revered as a saint by the Church of the East.[8]

  1. ^ "Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East — World Council of Churches". Oikoumene.org. January 1948. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ "CHURCH OF THE EAST - INDIA". www.churchoftheeastindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (8 January 2023). "Mar Awgin Kuriakose ordained as Metropolitan of the Chaldean Syrian Church of the East". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 March 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "CHURCH OF THE EAST - INDIA". www.churchoftheeastindia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ Brown 1956, p. 281.
  6. ^ Vadakkekara 2007, p. 101-103.
  7. ^ Mooken 2003, p. 49–51, 65, 70.
  8. ^ Mooken 1975.

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