Tuesday, October 21, 2008

FW: Patriarch canonises Maphriyano Sakkralla Mor Baselios

The Patriarch His Holiness Moran Mor Iganatius Zakka I Iwas, raised
Sakkralla Mor Baselios Maphriyano to sainthood at a ceremony organized at
the St. Mary‚s Jacobite Syrian Church, Kandanad, where the saint is
entombed. The Patriarch, accompanied by Catholicose and metropolitans also
raised the St. Mary‚s Church to the status of a Cathedral.

Sakkralla Mor Baselios Maphriyano is the second of the holy fathers of the
Jacobite Church being canonised in a span of two days, taking the total
number of saints in the Church to eight.

The Patriarch will also beatify Paulose Mor Kurilose at a function being
organized at Panampady, Kottayam, on Friday.

The Patriarch who is on his 4th Apostolic visit to India had declared
Euyakim Mor Kurlios a saint at a ceremony organized on Monday at
Mulanthuruthy Mar Thoman Church.

BIOGRAPHY of Maphryono
http://www.syrianchurch.org/bio/MorShakralla.htm

SOCM News Bureau - Kochi

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