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H.G Kuriakose Mor Severios

The Arch Bishop of the Knanaya Diocese

His Grace Mor Severios Kuriakose, ordained Metropolitan for the Knanaya diocese by the Patriarch of Antioch Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas on 15th January 2004, is the fourth Metropolitan of the Knanaya diocese after its formation in 1910. The Consecration ceremony of the Metropolitan was at the St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral in the Monastery of St. Aphrem at Ma'arrat Seydnaya, Damascus, Syria. His Grace assumed the seat following the demise of the Chief Metropolitan of the East, Mor Clemis Abraham, in September 2002 at the culmination of one of the longest reigns in Indian Christendom.

Born into a family of priests on May 21, 1959, Mor Severios Kuriakose (Kuriakose Abraham) is the first among seven children of Edavazhikkal Kunjavarachan and Mariamma of Kottayam. His Grace is the second Metropolitan from the famous Edavazhikkal family; his predecessor being H.G. Gevargheese Mor Sevarios who is also the first Metropolitan of the Knanaya Jacobite Syrian diocese. The well known Church historian E M Philip who was the secretary to Malankara Metropolitan Pulikottil Joseph Mor Dionysius II, also belongs to the Edavazhikkal family.

About a year after the demise of Mor Clemis Abraham, on 18th December 2003, a special session of the Knanaya Association meeting was convened in the headquarters of the Church at Chingavanom to elect a new Metropolitan for the congregation. The convention choose Fr. Kurikose Abraham (Edavazhikkal Achen) to head the Knanaya community. On 12th January 2004 he was ordained Ramban (monk Priest) at the Patriarchal Cathedral church at Damascus by H.H the Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas and three days after, on 15th January, he was ordained Metropolitan.

H.G Kuriakose Mor Gregorios

The Auxiliary Bishop of the Knanaya Diocese

His Holiness the Patriarch of Antioch Zakka Iwas I ordained V.Rev. C.T. Kurian Ramban as the new Auxiliary Bishop for the Knanaya Diocese. His Grace will assume the name  H.G. Kuriakose Mor Gregorios. Ordination ceremonies took place today, Feb 2, 2007 in Damascus. Hundreds of Knanaya faithful from Kerala, the U.S.A., Middle East and other parts of the world attended the enthronement ceremony. Knanaya Arch Bishop H.G. Mor Severios Kuriakose, along with several other bishops and dignitaries were also in attendance for this landmark ceremony. This is the first time that the Knanaya Diocese is going to have an Auxiliary Bishop.

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