Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

LC control no.	n 84002425
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Malankara Orthodox Church Indian Orthodox Church Malankara Orthodox Suriyani Sabha MOSC M.O.S.C. Malabari Ughghapʻaṛ Ekeghetsʻin Orthodox Church of Malabar
Found in	Gregorius. Parumala Mār Gr̲igōr̲iyōsint̲e pavitr̲aracanakaḷ, 1980: p. 128 (Indian Orthodox Church) Thomas, S. Behold a saint, 1977: p. 3, etc. (Malankara Orthodox Church; Indian Orthodox Church, hqts. Kottayam) WCC hdbk. of member churches, 1982: p. 73 (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; Malankara Orthodox Suriyani Sabha; MOSC, Kottayam, Kerala; history dates back to 52 A.D., connection with the Roman Catholic Church began in 1599, Synod of Diamper ended it officially in 1653; has parishes in Malaysia, the Gulf countries, USA, UK and Germany) Malancharuvil, C. The Syro-Malankara Church, 1973: introd. (Malankara Orthodox Church, which is not in communion with the Roman Pontiff, is different from the Syro-Malankara Church which is in communion with Rome) Roberson, Ronald G. Eastern Christian Church WWW site, April 8,2002: (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: Thomas Christians in communion with Oriental Orthodox, i.e. Syrian Orthodox, Armenian Church, et al. ; two factions currently exist) Poladian, Terenig. Malabari Ughghapʻaṛ Ekeghetsʻin, 1962: t.p. (Malabari Ughghapʻaṛ Ekeghetsʻin) added t.p. (Orthodox Church of Malabar) Official website of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, viewed on July 28, 2010 (Church is in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox Churches namely, Antiochene, Alexandrian, Armenian, Eritrean, and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches)