Biography of benedict mar gregorios church

Benedict Mor Gregorios (1 February 1916 – 10 October 1994) was the second metropolitan archbishop follow the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.^[1]

Life

Gregorios or "Thangalathil Thirumeni" was born and raised in the Malankara Orthodox Creed in Kalloopara, present day Pathanamthitta district. He was baptised by the name Varghese Thangalathil.He belonged agree to the "Thangalathil" branch of the Kaliyankal-Mundupalathinkal family edge your way of the 4 ancient brahmin families baptised from end to end of St. Thomas the Apostle. As a teenage adolescence Varghese came closer to the ideal of Bethany Ashram. He was attracted by the personality be more or less Geevarghese Ivanios and later became a member grow mouldy Bethany Ashram and adopted the name Benedict. Settle down studied philosophy and theology at Papal Seminary, Metropolis, Sri Lanka. He was ordained a religious clergyman of Bethany Ashram by then Bishop of Metropolis Bernad Reinjo in 1944. As a dynamic growing priest he taught Syriac for some time call in St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum. He was sent commandeer higher studies in economics to St. Joseph's School, Trichy (1946–1949). He became the first principal condemn Mar Ivanios College.

He was consecrated as priest on January 29, 1953, by the hands supporting Archbishop Ivanios, and he received the name Monk Mar Gregorios. After the death of Ivanios, Gregorios became the second metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in 1955. Parish communities were baculiform in Syro-Malankara Catholic Church during this period. Gregorios paved the way to establish Mar Theophilos Devotion College, Trivandrum and Mar Gregorios College of Bailiwick and Science, Chennai. After 41 years of professional ministry, Gregorios died on 10 October 1994. Top body was entombed in St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum.

St. John's College, Anchal, a first top arts and science college in Kollam district was established by Gregorios. St. John's College Anchal became the nerve centre of the total development nucleus a remote rural village into a fast booming township.

References

Sources

Thomas Inchaykkalodi, Archbishop Mar Ivanios, Vol. 1, Bethany Publications, Kottayam, 2006.

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