Coorilos Paulose of Panampady
Saint Coorilos Paulose of Panampady (Coorilos of Malankara),[1] also known as Kochuparambil Thirumeni, or Panampady Thirumeni, was Malankara Metropolitan of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in India from 1911 to 1917.[2]
Coorilos Paulose of Panampady | |
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| Malankara Metropolitan | |
| Born | 4 December 1850 Kandanad |
| Died | 14 December 1917 Panampady St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church |
| Venerated in | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 24 October 2008 by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas |
| Major shrine | Panampady Church |
| Feast | 14 December |
Life
Coorilos was born December 4, 1850, in Kandanad, Kerala, India,[3] to Varkey and Anna Paulose.
He was ordained as a deacon by Koorilos Yuyakim,[4] the Reesh Episcopo of Malankara, at the age of nine, and studied under Pallathattu Geevarghese Kassisso, Stephanos and Koonappillil Geevarghese Kassisso.[5][3]
He was ordained as a priest by Mathews Athanasius, Malankara Metropolitan, and celebrated his first Eucharist at the Kandanad Church. He was re-ordained by Dionysious V, Malankara Metropolitan, due to a church dispute, and he later served as a vicar at Mulanthuruthy Church. When Coorilos was still a priest, he began a monastic life at Vettikkal Shrine alongside Geevarghese Ramban,[5][3] after Ignatius Peter IV—Patriarch of Antioch—ordained him as a monk (ramban) and declared Vettikal Shrine as a monastery at the request of Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala, which made it the first monastery of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Malankara. Coorilos served as manager of the Old 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 by Ignatius Abded Aloho II—Patriarch of Antioch—together with Geevarghese Dionysius of Vattasseril, at the Monastery of Saint Mark, Jerusalem, according to the decisions of the regional synod of Malankara.[5][3]
In 1909, Geevarghese Dionysius became 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-formed Orthodox Syrian Church.
Coorilos was elected as Malankara Metropolitan on 30 August 1911 by the Syrian Christian Association at a meeting held at Aluva under the leadership of Ignatius Abded Aloho II, Patriarch of Antioch.[3][5][7]
Sainthood
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 the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, and gave permission to remember the name of Coorilos Paulose in the Fifth Diptych.[9][10][5][3][11]
References
- "Apostolic Bull of Ignatius Zakka I Iwas | Mor Coorilos Paulose of Panampady" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- K Mani Rajan (2017). Holy Fathers of The Syrian Orient Entombed in Kerala (PDF). JSC Publications. p. 111-116.
- "Mor Koorilos Paulose Kochuparambil". www.syriacchristianity.info. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- "St. Koorilos Yuyakkim". www.syriacchristianity.info. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- K Mani Rajan (2017), pp. 111-116.
- Alexander, George (2018). Western Rites of Syriac-Malankara Orthodox Churches. OCP Publications. p. 45.
- "Bishops". www.niranamdiocese.org. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- "Mor Koorilos Paulos,". syriacorthodoxresources.org. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- Staff (2008). "Paulose Mor Koorilose declared Saint". Oneindia. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- "Canonized Fathers in India | Malankara Archdiocese of The Syrian Orthodox Church In North America". www.malankara.com. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- "മൂന്നു വിശുദ്ധരെക്കൂടി യാക്കോബായ സഭ കുർബാനയിൽ സ്മരിക്കും | Manorama Online". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
| Preceded by Geevarghese Dionysius |
Malankara Metropolitan 1911–1917 |
Succeeded by Athanasius Paulose |