Catholicos Moran Mar Baselios Geevarghese Of The East
Baselios Geevarghese I of the East (born ''Vaakathanam Karuchira Geevarghese'', consecrated bishop as ''Mar Philoxenos'') (11 January 1870 – 17 December 1928) popularly known as Vallikkattu Bava, he was the second Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India. He was installed in the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas in 1925, and died after a short tenure of three years on 17 December 1928. Bava was revered as a saint by orthodox believers and the tomb in which his mortal remains are interred attracts pilgrims from all over Malankara. Early life Bava was born in the ancient orthodox Vallikkattu Karuchira family in Vakathanam, Kottayam district on 11 January 1870. After basic education at his native place, Vakathanam, at Kottayam he mastered in Syriac, the liturgical language of the church. He opted to become a ''sanyasi'' priest and at a very young age of sixteen, he was ordained as a deacon. The bishop Kadavil Paulose Mar Athanasius (Aluva) was his spiri ...
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