Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church Ignatius Aphrem II described Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church who passed away on October 31, as a true shepherd to his flock, who led them on the right path. The late Catholicos made sacrifices for the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church at a time …
A century-old legal battle between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church in Kerala for control of certain churches and assets may finally end after the Supreme Court’s December 3 directive that six churches that both sides had laid claim to be handed over to the Orthodox group. This can be read in light of the Pinarayi Vijayan …
