Baselios Yeldo
Saint Baselios Yeldo | |
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Tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldo. (No picture or icon of the saint presently available) | |
| Maphrian of the East | |
| Born | 1593 Bakhdida, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1685 Kothamangalam |
| Venerated in | Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church And Indian Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Christianity |
| Canonized | 20 October 1987 by H.H Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas , Patriarch of Antioch and Supreme Head of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | St. Thomas Church, Kothamangalam |
| Feast | 3 October |
Saint Baselios Yeldo (യൽദോ മാർ ബസ്സേലിയോസ് ബാവ) was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684. He is venerated as a saint in the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church and the Indian Orthodox Church and his feast day is 3 October. His tomb is situated in Marthoman Cheriyapally, Kothamangalam and feast is celebrated as Kanni 20th perunnal (കന്നി 20 പെരുന്നാൾ) which gather many pilgrims to the Tomb.
Yeldo was proclaimed as a saint, canonised by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, on 20 October 1987 and Baselios Geevarghese II, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan of the Indian Orthodox Church on 2 November 1947.