13 Facts About Syro-Malabar Church

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India.

The Syro-Malabar Church is an autonomous particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, including the Latin Church and the 22 other Eastern Catholic churches, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

The Church is headed by the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar, currently George Alencherry.

Syro-Malabar Church is primarily based in India; with 5 metropolitan archeparchies and 10 suffragan eparchies in Kerala, there are 17 eparchies in other parts of India, and 4 eparchies outside India.

The Syro-Malabar Church employs a variant of the East Syriac Rite, which dates back to 3rd century Edessa, Upper Mesopotamia.

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In 1923, the Syro-Malabar hierarchy was organized and unified with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See and Mar Augustine Kandathil as the first head and Archbishop of the Church.

Syro-Malabar Church are unique among Catholics in their inculturation with traditional Hindu customs through Saint Thomas Christian heritage.

Saint Alphonsa is the Syro-Malabar Church's first canonized saint, followed by Saint Kuriakose Chavara, Saint Euphrasia, and Saint Mariam Thresia.

Syro-Malabar Church first came to India in 1556 from the traditionalist patriarchate.

The Syro-Malabar Church is the third-largest particular church in the Catholic Church.

Syro-Malabar Church initiated a process of liturgical reform that sought to restore the oriental nature of the Latinized Syro-Malabar rite.

Syro-Malabar Church has its own liturgical year, structured around eight liturgical seasons:.

Curia of the Syro-Malabar Church began to function in March 1993 at the archbishop's house of Ernakulam-Angamaly.