Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares was initially a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in Goa. He joined the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and was elevated to Metropolitan of Goa, Ceylon and Greater
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St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian church, Ribandar. The location of Alvares' entombed remains
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The Malankara Church, also known as Malankara Syrian Church, was the unified body of Puthankur Saint Thomas Christians who claim origins from the missions of Thomas the Apostle. This oath was taken by
Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares
…Xavier Alvares (Alvares Mar Julius) (29 April 1836 – 23 September 1923) was initially a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in Goa. He joined the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and was elevated to Metropolitan of Goa, Ceylon and Greater India in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Alvares was born to a Goan Catholic family…
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Thoma III, 3rd Malankara Metropolitan
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Kottayam Cheriapally, 1835 pencil drawing