Coorilos Paulose
Coorilos Paulose of Panampady | |
|---|---|
| Malankara Metropolitan | |
| Born | Paulose 4 December 1850 Kandanad |
| Residence | Thozhupaadan Kochuparambil |
| Died | 14 December 1917 Panampady St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church |
| Venerated in | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 24 October 2008, Panampady St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church byIgnatius Zakka I Iwas |
| Majorshrine | Panampady St.Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church |
| Feast | 14 December |
| Patronage | Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church |
Saint Coorilos Paulose of Panampady(Coorilos of Malankara),[1]also known asKochuparambil Thirumeni,orPanampady Thirumeni,was Malankara Metropolitan of theMalankara Syrian Orthodox Churchin India from 1911 until his death in 1917.[2]He wascanonizedin 2008 byIgnatius Zakka I.
Life
[edit]Coorilos was born December 4, 1850, in Kandanad,Kerala,India,[3]to Varkey(Father) and Anna Paulose(Mother)
He was ordained as a deacon by Coorilos Yuyakim,[4]the Reesh Episcopo of Malankara, at the age of nine, and studied under Pallathattu Geevarghese Qashisho, Stephanos and Koonappillil Geevarghese Qashisho.[5][3]
He was ordained as a priest byMathews Athanasius,Malankara Metropolitan,and celebrated his firstEucharistat theKandanad Church.He was re-ordained byDionysious V,Malankara Metropolitan, due to a church dispute, and he later served as a vicar atMulanthuruthy Church.When Coorilos was still a priest, he began a monastic life atVettikkal ShrinealongsideGeevarghese Ramban,[5][3]afterIgnatius Peter IV—Patriarch of Antioch—ordained him as a monk (ramban) and declared Vettikkal Shrine as a monastery at the request ofGeevarghese Gregorios of Parumala,which made it the first monastery of theSyriac Orthodox Churchin Malankara. Coorilos served as manager of theOld Seminary,and took a prominent role in constructing the St. George Church of Trivandrum and St. Thomas Chapel of Manarcad, as well as founding several schools. He also visited the Holy Land with Geevarghese Gregorios during his time as a monk.[3][6]
He was consecrated as a metropolitan on 31 May 1908 byIgnatius Abded Aloho II—Patriarch of Antioch—together withGeevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril,at theMonastery of Saint Mark, Jerusalem,according to the decisions of the regional synod of Malankara.[5][3]
In 1909,Geevarghese Dionysiusbecame Malankara Metropolitan of the Jacobite Syrian Church. However, in 1911 the church split following disputes, and Patriarch Abded excommunicated Geevarghese Dionysius, who became Malankara Metropolitan of the newly-formedOrthodox Syrian Church.
Coorilos was elected as Malankara Metropolitan on 30 August 1911 by the Syrian Christian Association at a meeting held atAluvaunder the leadership ofIgnatius Abded Aloho II,Patriarch of Antioch.[3][5][7]
Coorilos died on 14 December 1917.[8][5][3]
Sainthood
[edit]Ignatius Zakka I,Patriarch of Antioch, declared him a saint on 24 October 2008 for being a holy father who had preserved the faith in the crisis of theSyriac Orthodox Churchin India, and gave permission to remember the name of Coorilos Paulose in the Fifth Diptych.[9][10][5][3][11]
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