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| name = Malankara Syrian Knanaya Community
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| headquarters = St. Aphrem Seminary Chingavanam
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| first_incumbent = Severios Geevarghese<ref>{{cite web |title=Valiyapally |url=http://www.valiyapallyranni.com/Metrapolitian.html |website=www.valiyapallyranni.com}}</ref>
| date = 1910
| denomination = [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]
| rite = [[West Syriac Rite]]
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| cathedral = St.Thomas Valiyapally, Ranni
| cocathedral = St. Mary's Valiyapally, Kallissery
| patron = [[Thomas of Cana]]
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| patriarch = [[Ignatius Aphrem II]] Patriarch of Antioch
| bishop = [[Severios Kuriakose]]
| bishop_title = Archbishop
| auxiliary_bishops = [[Gregorios Kuriakose]], [[Ivanios Kuriakose]], [[Silvanos Ayub]]
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| website = [http://knanayaarchdiocese.com knanayaarchdiocese.com]
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'''Malankara Syriac Knanaya Community''' are part of the larger [[Knanaya]] community who are descendants of an [[Endogamy|endogamous ethnic migrant group]] of Syriac-Jewish Christians who arrived and settled in [[Kerala]] in the 4th or 8th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knanaya Samudayam |url=http://knanayaarchdiocese.com/history.php |website=knanayaarchdiocese.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) Churches in India |url=http://www.syriacchristianity.info/MalankaraSyrianChurch/Malankara_parishes.htm |website=www.syriacchristianity.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Raymond Brady |last2=Brady |first2=Williams Raymond |title=Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-57016-9 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Christian_Pluralism_in_the_United_States/w1uk6zZQKzAC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |language=en}}</ref>

In the year 345 according to the Malayalam calendar (Kollavarsham), [[Thomas of Cana|Knai Thoma]], a merchant, and 72 families from Edessa (or modern Urfa) immigrated to Malankara (present-day Kerala) and established a community there. Among the group were priests, deacons and a bishop, Uraha Mar Ouseph (Bishop Joseph of Uraha/Urfa). Knai Thoma and his people were welcomed by Cheraman Perumal, the Chera Emperor of Kerala, and were given permission to settle down in Kodungalloor.

After the [[Coonan Cross Oath|Coonen Cross Revolt]]. (Oath of the Bent Cross)a part of the Knanaya Community joined [[Thoma I|Archdeacon Thomas]]. They later accepted [[West Syriac Rite|West Syriac]] liturgical traditions brought to Malankara by [[Gregorios Abdal Jaleel|Mor Gregorios Abdal Jaleel of Jerusalem]]. This group later came under the [[Patriarch of Antioch]]. Today they form part of the Knanaya Archdiocese of the [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]].

==List of Knanaya Syrian Church==
The Knanaya Syrians are Jewish migrants who believed in [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] primacy. They're occupied on [[Pathanamthitta]] and [[Kottayam]] of [[Kerala]] and abroad, more than 200 churches.
===India===
*Kallissery St. Mary's Church
*Chingavanam St. Johns Church
*Chingavanam St. Johns Puthen Pally
*Kottayam St. Marys Valiya Pally
*Ramamangalam St. Jacob's Valiyapally
*Vakathanam St. Simons Church

===North America===
*St. Peter's church, Yonkers, New York
*St. Johns Church, Houston, Texas
*St. James Church, Houston, Texas
*St. Thomas Church, Irving, Texas
*St. Johns Church, Clifton, New Jersey
*St. Marys Church, Philadelphia
*St. Thomas Church, Edmonton, Canada
*St. Ignatius Church, Toronto, Canada

===Gulf===
*St. Peter's Church, Kuwait

==See also==
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* [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.knanayology.org/ Knanaya Resources]
*[http://www.stthomasnj.org/origin.php Knanayadiocese.org]
*[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/religion/story/19841015-knanaya-jacobites-fight-for-the-control-of-ranni-valiapally-church-803349-1984-10-15 Knanaya Jacobites fight for the control of Ranni Valiapally church]

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{{Christianity in Kerala}}

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[[Category:Christianity in Kerala]]
[[Category:Syriac Orthodox dioceses]]
[[Category:Knanaya Community]]

Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese - Revision history

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