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Madras Orthodox Diocese, the Glossary

The Diocese of Madras is one of the 30 dioceses of the Indian Orthodox Church with its headquarters at Chennai.^[1]

27 relations: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Australia, Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Brahmavar, Cathedral, Chennai, Christianity in the 1st century, Diocese, Geevarghese Philexinos, India, Kannada, Konkani language, Kottayam, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Malayalam, Malaysia, Metropolitan bishop, New Zealand, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Parish, Singapore, Syriac language, Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Telugu people, Thomas the Apostle.
1979 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church dioceses

Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Baselios Marthoma Mathews III

Baselios Marthoma Mathews III (born 12 February 1949) is the present Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, serving as its primate.

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Brahmavar

Brahmavar is a taluk in Udupi district located on NH 66 (formerly NH 17), north of the Udupi in Karnataka, India.

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Christianity in the 1st century

Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (–29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age.

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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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Geevarghese Philexinos

Geevarghese Mar Philexinos is a Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), formerly also known as Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.

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Konkani language

Konkani (Devanagari: sc, Romi: sc, Kannada: sc, Malayalam: sc, Perso-Arabic: sc, IAST) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India.

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Kottayam

Kottayam is a muncipal town in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India.

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Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Oriental Orthodox Churches

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Syriac language

The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Orthodox_Diocese