{"id":36985,"date":"2015-07-07T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=36985"},"modified":"2015-07-07T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:33:20","slug":"metropolitan-tikhon-meets-with-hh-the-catholicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/malankaraorthodox.tv\/?p=36985","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Tikhon meets with HH The Catholicos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Metropolitan Tikhon meets with Malankarese Catholicos<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n

SYOSSET, NY [OCA]<\/p>\n

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Metropolitan Tikhon presents Catholicos Thomas with print of Sitka, AK\u2019s Archangel Michael Cathedral.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, met with His Holiness, Mar Thomas Paulose II, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Church (also known as the Indian Orthodox Church) on Monday, July 6, 2015.<\/p>\n

The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Malankara Church\u2019s North American Diocese, located a few miles from the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America.\u00a0 His Grace, Bishop Zachariah Mar Nicholovos of the North America Diocese, hosted the meeting in conjunction with the Catholicos\u2019 week-long visit to the United States.<\/p>\n

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Fr. Chad Hatfield, Dean of St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary, presents Bible to the Catholicos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Accompanying Metropolitan Tikhon were Archpriests John Jillions, OCA Chancellor, and Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary.\u00a0 Also present was Archpriest Dr. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of Saint Vladimir\u2019s Seminary, Yonkers, NY, where Bishop Zachariah serves as a member of the Board of Trustees.\u00a0 A number of Malankarese students currently are pursuing studies at Saint Vladimir\u2019s Seminary and Saint Tikhon\u2019s Seminary, South Canaan, PA.<\/p>\n

The ancient Malankara Church traces its origin to the Apostle Thomas.\u00a0 Headquartered in the southern Indian province of Kerala, it maintains about 1000 parishes in India, and another 200 parishes in North America.<\/p>\n

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In April 2015, Metropolitan Tikhon and Catholicos Thomas met in Armenia, where they participated in the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.\u00a0 [See related story<\/a>.]\u00a0 An invitation was extended to Metropolitan Tikhon to attend the 200th Anniversary of the Malankara Church\u2019s seminary in Kottayam, India in November 2015.<\/p>\n

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