Mar Thoma II was the second Metropolitan of the

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from 1670 to 1686.

Introduction

The Malayalam versions of the Canons of the

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use these titles throughout the report except in three places where they use the Latin word ''archidiaconus''.

Consecration

The leaders of the Puthenkoor Malankara Syrian Church selected a nephew (brother's son) of Thoma I as his successor. He was consecrated by Thoma I and the Antiochean patriarchal delegate

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who was the archbishop of Jerusalem. He was the second Thoma who ascended the throne of Malankara Syrian church. When Thoma I died on 25 April 1670 Mar Thoma II, took charge of the Church.

Visits by foreign bishops

''Mar Anthraos'' and three of his brothers from the Middle East arrived at the

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church in 1678. Later on they moved to various churches and arrived at St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu (near

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). On 29 February 1692 while visiting Kallada, he went to the nearby river and was drowned. Two of his brothers went back to

and raised families there. Descendants of one of them later established the

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.Souvenir published by Puthencavu St.Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, pp. 209–211.

Introduction

Consecration

Visits by foreign bishops

See also

References

Further reading