Manjanikkara Dayara is a monastery of the

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in India. It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near

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District, in South

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. The monastery was established by Mor Yulios Elias Qoro, Patriarchal delegate to the

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. The Manjanikkara Dayro is the seat of the Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara and the metropolitan of the Simhasana churches (churches administered directly by the Patriarchate).

History

On 11 February 1932, at the invitation of Kashisho Kuriakos Elavinamannil, the Patriarch

Ignatius Elias III St. Ignatius Elias III (13 October 1867 – 13 February 1932) (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܐܠܝܐܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1917 until his death in 1932. Biography Nasri was born on ...

arrived at the Manjinikara Mor Stephanos church from

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. On arriving at Manjinikara, the Patriarch said, "This place offers us much comfort; we desire to remain here permanently." He died there on 13 February. Different opinions arose regarding the final resting place for the Patriarch—a situation that the church in Malankara never had to confront before. It was decided to inter his body in a plot of land to the north of the Mor Stephanos church, the title deed of which was transferred to the Patriarchate. On 14 February, the funeral services for the patriarch were held there. The Mor Ignatios Dayro church was built by the Patriarchal delegate Mor Yulios Elias Qoro over the tomb of the Patriarch. The memory of the Patriarch is preserved by the Syriac Orthodox Church, especially in Malankara where thousands of pilgrims reach the tomb by foot on the annual feast day, 13 February, from all over the world. Ignatius Elias is the only

Patriarch of Antioch The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (, , from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has ...

whose body is interred in Malankara. On 20 October 1987, Patriarch Mor

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (; ; ', born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and, as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also know ...

through encyclical E265/87 permitted the Church in Malankara to remember his name in the fifth diptych. The remains of Mor Yulius Elias Qoro and Mor Yulius Yacoub, former Patriarchal delegates to Malankara, are also interred in the church.Syria Orthodox Resources website, ''Mor Ignatios Dayro, Manjinikkara''
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Seminary

The Mor Ignatios Dayro church is worked as the seminary school for a long time for the

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church 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, Syriac Orthodo ...

under the leadership of Mor Yulios Elias Qoro. As numerous seminarians studied and understood the teachings of holy fathers promoted by the same faith and same church and part of the

Scholars

*Father V. C. Samuel - Famous Theologian & Scholar of

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. He played an important role in the ecumenical & scholarly activities of the church. *

Curien Kaniamparambil '' Malankara Malpan'' Curien Kaniyamparambil, alternatively spelled Kurian Kaniyamparambil, was a Priest Trustee and arch-chorebishop in the Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church and a scholar of the Syriac language, who translated the Bibl ...

is the Great Scholar of the

. He written many books and converted

Peshitta The Peshitta ( ''or'' ') is the standard Syriac edition of the Bible for Syriac Christian churches and traditions that follow the liturgies of the Syriac Rites. The Peshitta is originally and traditionally written in the Classical Syriac d ...

into the Malayalam is known as Vishudha Grandham(വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം).

Gallery

File:Tomb of saint elias.JPG, Tomb of

File:Tomb_of_Mor_Yulios_Elias_Qoro.jpg, Tomb of Mor Yulios Elias Qoro. File:Manjanikara Dayara.JPG, Feast and Foot Pilgrimage.

References

External links

Syriac Orthodox monasteries Oriental Orthodox monasteries in India Religious buildings and structures in Pathanamthitta district 1925 establishments in India Jacobite Syrian Christian Church {{Christian-monastery-stub