Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Church | |
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Patriarch Ignatius Zaka I Iwas Centre in Kochi | |
| Abbreviation | JSC |
| Type | Autonomous maphrianate |
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | |
| Scripture | Peshitta Vishudha Grandham |
| Theology | Oriental Orthodox Theology |
| Polity | Episcopal polity |
| Patriarch | Ignatius Aphrem II |
| Catholicos | Baselios Joseph |
| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
| Region | India and Nasarani Malayali Diaspora |
| Language | Malayalam, English, Hindi, Syriac, Tamil, Kannada |
| Liturgy | West Syriac Rite Divine Liturgy of Saint James |
| Headquarters | Patriarch Ignatius Zaka I Iwas Centre (Patriarchal Centre) Puthencruz Kochi India |
| Founder | Saint Thomas the Apostle |
| Origin |
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| Branched from | Malankara Church |
| Members | 483,000 in Kerala (2011) |
| Official News Portal | JSC news |
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The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, also known as the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church, Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church, or the Syriac Orthodox Church in India is an autonomous maphrianate of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch based in Kerala, India and a part of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. It is headed by the Catholicos of India, Mor Baselios Joseph, within the hierarchy of Syriac Orthodox Church.
According to tradition, it was founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle. It is currently the only church in Malankara that maintains the hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church under the Holy See of Antioch. The church employs the West Syriac Rite's Liturgy of Saint James.