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St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Cathedral

Home About Us Service Information Managing Committee Sunday School Martha Mariam Samajanam Youth Group Prayer Meetings Photo Gallery St.Gregorios Makarios Thirumeni Directions Upcoming Events Contact Us	About Us St. Thomas, the apostle, founded the Malankara Orthodox Church of India in the year A.D. 52. St.Thomas first arrived in ‘Maliankara’ near by the port of Musiris in Kerala State on the west coast of South India by the Arabian Sea. The St. Thomas Christian community has acquired the Malankara Church which term could be related to this place Maliankara The Parent church has twenty-five dioceses worldwide. The headquarters of the church is located in Kerala State, India. His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Didymus 1, as the 90th successor of St. Thomas, is the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Church. H.H. Baselios Marthoma Didymus 1 St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Cathedral, Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.A., is a parish of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India. The Patron of this Church is St. Gregorios of Parumala, the first Canonized Saint of the Malankara Orthodox Church from Kerala, India. The St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church was organized with the leadership of Rev. Fr. Daniel George in 1994. With the great mercy from the Almighty, His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church in America, celebrated the first Holy Divine Liturgy on May 22, 1994. Since then regular worship was being conducted at St. Cyprians Episcopal Church in Chicago. It was a day of great rejoicing when the New Church Building was consecrated and dedicated to continue the mission of Jesus Christ by His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios with the assistance of Cor-Episcopos and Priests on the Memorial Feast day of St. Gregorios of Parumala, the Patron Saint of this parish in October, 2000. In 2003 Makarios Thirumeni elevated the church to the standard of a cathedral. Making it the 2nd Cathedral In the United States, underneath the Malankara Sabha. The parish started to grow and doubled the number of families: from twenty to over seventy two families. Through the efforts of Rev. Fr. Daniel George and the wonderful cooperation of the enthusiastic members of this congregation we purchased the present beautiful church building in Bellwood, Illinois, in 2000. This Church is located 14 miles west of the center of the great city of Chicago.

About Us

St. Thomas, the apostle, founded the Malankara Orthodox Church of India in the year A.D. 52. St.Thomas first arrived in ‘Maliankara’ near by the port of Musiris in Kerala State on the west coast of South India by the Arabian Sea. The St. Thomas Christian community has acquired the Malankara Church which term could be related to this place Maliankara

The Parent church has twenty-five dioceses worldwide. The headquarters of the church is located in Kerala State, India. His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Didymus 1, as the 90th successor of St. Thomas, is the supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Church.

H.H. Baselios Marthoma Didymus 1

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Cathedral, Bellwood, Illinois, U.S.A., is a parish of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India. The Patron of this Church is St. Gregorios of Parumala, the first Canonized Saint of the Malankara Orthodox Church from Kerala, India.

The St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church was organized with the leadership of Rev. Fr. Daniel George in 1994. With the great mercy from the Almighty, His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church in America, celebrated the first Holy Divine Liturgy on May 22, 1994. Since then regular worship was being conducted at St. Cyprians Episcopal Church in Chicago.

It was a day of great rejoicing when the New Church Building was consecrated and dedicated to continue the mission of Jesus Christ by His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios with the assistance of Cor-Episcopos and Priests on the Memorial Feast day of St. Gregorios of Parumala, the Patron Saint of this parish in October, 2000. In 2003 Makarios Thirumeni elevated the church to the standard of a cathedral. Making it the 2nd Cathedral In the United States, underneath the Malankara Sabha.

The parish started to grow and doubled the number of families: from twenty to over seventy two families. Through the efforts of Rev. Fr. Daniel George and the wonderful cooperation of the enthusiastic members of this congregation we purchased the present beautiful church building in Bellwood, Illinois, in 2000. This Church is located 14 miles west of the center of the great city of Chicago.