The Malabar Independent Syrian Church, also known as the Thozhiyoor Church, is an Independent Oriental Orthodox church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian
Cyril Mar Baselios I Metropolitan, together with the priests and deacons of the Church, during the sacred Consecration Service of the Holy Saith in 2026.
Metropolitan Cyril Mar Baselios of the Malabar Independent Syrian Church with Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church and Baselios Joseph during an ecumenical meeting.
Group photo taken during the ordinations of Juhanon Thimothious (later Juhanon Thoma) and Mathews Athanasius, by Titus II Mar Thoma, Abraham Mar Thoma and Metropolitan of Thozhiyoor Kuriakose Koorilos
Nasrani cross
Coonan Cross Oath
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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
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