Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan was an Indian cleric and theologian known for the Reformation movement within the Malankara Church during the 19th century. He was born in the ancient Syrian Christian Pala
A painting of Abraham Malpan
Marthoman Church Maramon (2005)
The Coonan Cross Oath, also known as the Great Oath of Bent Cross or Leaning Cross Oath, was taken on 3 January 1653 in Mattancherry by a significant portion of the Saint Thomas Christian community in
Abraham Malpan
…during the 19th century. He was born in the ancient Syrian Christian Palakunnathu family which practiced West Syriac Rite Oriental Orthodoxy after the Coonan Cross Oath of 1653. Abraham Malpan translated and revised the West Syriac liturgy, restoring the Church to what he considered to be its position before the Synod…
Coonan Cross Oath memorial
Mural of Archdeacon Giwargis of Christ in Latin vestments from the Angamaly Cheriyapally
The church of Our Lady of Life, Mattancherry