Holy See of the East

Holy See of the East is an honorary name of the sees of a number of Christian churches in the Middle East and India.

The Head of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is commonly known as the successor to the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas.[1] The Seat of the Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Nestorian Catholicos-Patriarchs which emerged from the Ancient Church of the East is also a part of the Holy See of the East.

Saint Thomas Christians after the Coonan Cross Oath who welcomed the Bishop Gregorios of the Syriac Orthodox Church in 1665 Church of Antioch claims the title of the Holy See of the East, since St. Thomas is the founder of this church. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church which evolved out of the Malankara Church as a part of the Oriental Orthodox Churches claims the title of the Catholicos of the East and the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas.[2] The Malankara Syrian Catholic Church which evolved from the Malankara Church as a part of the Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See of Rome also claims the title of the Catholicos and the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas.[3]

East Syriac Rite Churches
Main article: East Syriac Rite

Ancient Church of the East
Main article: Church of the East

Patriarch Mar Addai II, is the Catholicos of the Ancient Church of the East.

The current Seat of the Catholicos of Ancient Church of the East is in Baghdad, Iraq.

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Main article: Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

The official title of the Head & Father of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is the successor to the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas and the Gate of All India. The church is headed by the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Cardinal Maran Mar George Alencherry.

The current Seat of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia is in Mount St. Thomas near Kakkanad, Kerala, India.[4]

Assyrian Church of the East
Main article: Assyrian Church of the East

The current Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East is Mar Gewargis III, who took charge after the death of Mar Dinkha IV in 2015. The current Seat of the Catholicos-Patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East is in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

West Syriac Rite Churches
Main article: West Syriac Rite

Indian Orthodox Church
Main article: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

The official title of the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church also known as Indian Orthodox Church is the Catholicos of the East on the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas. The present Catholicos is Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, who was enthroned on 1 November 2010 at Parumala, Kerala. The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the East, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East) is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Church family.

The current Seat of the Indian Orthodox Catholicos of the East is in Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Main article: Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

The official title of the Head & Father of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is the successor to the Holy Apostolic See of St. Thomas in India and Malankara Metropolitan. The church is headed by the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos.

The current Seat of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia is in Catholicate Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.[5]

Chaldean Catholic Church
Main article: Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church is a part of the Eastern Rite Churches under the patronage of Pope Francis of Rome and under the leadership of the Patriarch, Louis Raphael I Sako.

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References
  1. "The St. Thomas Christians (Nazranis)".
  2. "Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church".
  3. "Catholicos of the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church". Archived from the original on 2010-04-26.
  4. "Mount St. Thomas".
  5. "Catholicate Centre". Archived from the original on 2010-04-26.
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