The Diocese of Malabar is one of the 32

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

s of the

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an Autocephaly, autocephalous Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in #Catholicate ...

, with its headquarters at

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

, Kerala, in India.

History

The Malabar Diocese, which covers western districts of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, was formed in 1953. Paulose Mar Sevarios and Pathrose Mar Osthathios (1953–68) have executed its administration at different times. Since 11 November 1966, Thomas Mar Timotheos became the diocesan head and later became

Baselios Marthoma Didymus I The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (), a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin, meaning "king", from which ...

,Catholicose of the East. Mount Hermon Aramana in

is the diocesan headquarters. Some of the institutions functioning under the aegis of the diocese are the Aravanchal Estate near Payyannur, Krupa Deaddiction Centre at

Erumamunda Erumamunda is a small village located near Nilambur in Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in Chungathara Grama Panchayat. Erumamunda includes the 1st and 20th ward of Chungathara Panchayath. It is situated on the b ...

, St Thomas Ashram and Mission Centre at Attapadi, the Parumala Mar Gregorios Orthodox Guidance Center at Chevayur. The diocesan journal ''Hermon Sandhesam'' has been published since 1997.There are 85 parishes in the diocese. HG. Geevarghese Mar Pachomios Metropolitan is the Present Metropolitan of this diocese. Rev.Fr. Kuriakose Peter (Fr.Boby Peter) is the Diocesan Secretary.

Parish List

1) Akampadom St.Marys Orthodox Church 2) Attapady St.George Orthodox Church 3) Ambazhappara St.George Orthodox Church 4) Alathoor St.Stephens Orthodox Church 5) Agali St.Marys Orthodox Church 6) Chalickalpotti St.Thomas Catholicate Center 7) Chathamangalam St.Thomas Orthodox Church 8) Chittoor St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 9) Chirackalpady St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 10) Chungathara St.George Orthodox Valiyapali 11) Chokkadu St.Marys Orthodox Church 12) Edakkara St.Marys Orthodox Church 13) Elamalai St.George Orthodox Church 14) Jellipara St.Stephens Orthodox Church 15) Kannur St.Thomas Orthodox Church 16) Kadampazhippuram St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 17) Kanchikode St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 18) Kalladicode St.Thomas Orthodox Church 19) Karulai St.George Orthodox Church 20) Karuvarakundu St.George Orthodox Church 21) Karimba St.Johns Orthodox Valiyapali 22) Karappuram St.Stephens Orthodox Church 23) Kunninmelpotty Mar Yacob Burdana Orthodox Church 24) Koodaranji St.Pauls Orthodox Church 25) Kollencode St.Marys Orthodox Church 26) Kulathoor St.Marys Orthodox Church 27) Keralathotam St.George Orthodox Church 28) Kottopadam St.Marys Orthodox Church 29) Kottackal St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 30) Kozhikode St.George Orthodox Cathedral 31) Kongadu St.George Orthodox Church 32) Mycavu St.Marys Orthodox Church 33) Manjeri Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 34) Malachy St.George Orthodox Church 35) Mannarkkad St.Marys Orthodox Church 36) Malampuzha Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 37) Malappuram Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 38) Mamankara Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 39) Mavoor St.Marys Orthodox Church 40) Mattannur St.Marys Orthodox Church 41) Modappoika St.George Orthodox Church 42) Mundanpara St.George Orthodox Church 43) Mundur Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 44) Munderi Mar Baselios Orthodox Church 45) Muthukurissy St.George Orthodox Church 46) Muthukulam St.Marys Orthodox Church 47) Nilambur Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 48) Nellipoyil St.Thomas Orthodox Church 49) Nemara Chathamangalam St.George Orthodox Church 50) Olavakkode St.George Orthodox Church 51) Ottapalam St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 52) Onjil St.Thomas Orthodox Church 53) Panamanna St.Marys Orthodox Church 54) Parali Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 55) Palakunnu St.Peters and St.Pauls Orthodox Church 56) Pathirikkode St.Marys Orthodox Church 57) Pariyapuram St.Marys Orthodox Church 58) Palakkad St Mary's Orthodox Church 59) Palunda St.Marys Orthodox Church 60) Payyanadom St.Pauls Orthodox Church 61) Puthuppady St.George Orthodox Valiyapali 62) Puthuppady St.Thomas Orthodox Church 63) Puliyakkod St.George Orthodox Church 64) Pulickakadu St.George Orthodox Church 65) Puthankulambu St.George Orthodox Church 66) Poolapadom St.Johns Orthodox Church 67) Perumkulam Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 68) Perinthalmana St.George Orthodox Church 69) Peruvannamoozhy St.George Orthodox Church 70) Pombra Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 71) Shornur St.Marys Orthodox Church 72) Sholayur St.Marys Orthodox Church 73) Thaliparambu St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 74) Thalassery St.Marys Orthodox Church 75) Tenjipalam St.Gregorios 76) Thirur St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 77) Vadakara St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 78) Vadapuram St.George Orthodox Valiyapali 79) Velamkode St.Marys Orthodox Church 80) Vazhikadavu St.Thomas Orthodox Church 81) Vengara Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church 82) Kakkavayal St.Gregorios Orthodox Church 83) Chemmanampathi St. marys Orthodox Church 84)Chemmannur St. George Orthodox Church 85) Thamarassery St.Thomas Orthodox Church

External links

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