Mor Yulios Elias Qoro (born Elias Mar Julius; 1 August 1881 – February 19, 1962) was a

Syriac Orthodox Church The Syriac Orthodox Church (), also informally known as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian denomination, denomination that originates from the Church of Antioch. The church currently has around 4-5 million followers. The ch ...

bishop and the Patriarchal Delegate of India, Born as Elias Malke Qoro at

Mardin Mardin (; ; romanized: ''Mārdīn''; ; ) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey. It is known for the Artuqids, Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris ...

on August 1, 1881, educated at school of the Church of the

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste or the Holy Forty (Ancient/Katharevousa Greek and Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα; Demotic: Άγιοι Σαράντα) were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII ''Fulminata'' (Armed with Lightning) whose m ...

. He joined Dayro d-Kurkmo (

Mor Hananyo Monastery Mor Hananyo Monastery or Monastery of Saint Ananias (; ) is an important Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox monastery located five kilometers south east of Mardin, Turkey, in the Assyrian culture, Syriac cultural region known as Tur Abdin. Mo ...

) in 1902, and became a monk on 16 June 1905. He was appointed secretary to

Ignatius Abded Aloho II Mor Ignatius Abded Aloho II Sattuf ( Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܥܒܕ ܕܐܠܘܗܘ ) also Ignatius Abdullah ll Stephan (June 7, 1833 –November 26, 1915) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1906 until his ...

Patriarch of Antioch in 1906, and was ordained Qashisho in 1908. He became abbot of

in 1911, and was appointed director of its printing press. He was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923 in the Church of the Forty Martyrs by

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 ...

Patriarch of Antioch, appointed to serve in Malankara. He served as Patriarchal Delegate to Malankara in 1927. In 1932, he established Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara on the tomb of Elias III Patriarch of Antioch at Omallur,

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 ...

. He established and approved order for various monasteries and churches in Kerala. He died in 1962 at Omallur,

, India and was buried at Mor Ignatius Dayro Manjinikkara. File:Tomb of Mor Yulios Elias Qoro.jpg, Tomb of Yulios Elias Qoro

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Syriac Orthodox Church bishops Oriental Orthodoxy in India 1881 births 1962 deaths Turkish Christian religious leaders Turkish Oriental Orthodox Christians People from Mardin {{India-reli-bio-stub