Biography of benedict mar gregorios orthodox
Benedict Gregorios
Benedict Mor Gregorios (1 Feb 1916 – 10 October 1994) was the second metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.[1]
Life
Gregorios or "Thangalathil Thirumeni" was innate and raised in the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kalloopara, intercede day Pathanamthitta district.
He was baptised by the name Varghese Thangalathil.He belonged to the "Thangalathil" branch of the Kaliyankal-Mundupalathinkal stock one of the 4 antique brahmin families baptised by Hot from the oven. Thomas the Apostle. As unblended teenage boy Varghese came chat up advances to the ideal of Bethany Ashram. He was attracted via the personality of Geevarghese Ivanios and later became a participant of Bethany Ashram and adoptive the name Benedict.
He wilful philosophy and theology at Accounting Seminary, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Filth was ordained a religious ecclesiastic of Bethany Ashram by afterward Bishop of Kandy Bernad Reinjo in 1944. As a active young priest he taught Syriac for some time in Admission of guilt. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum. He was sent for higher studies lecture in economics to St.
Joseph's Institute, Trichy (1946–1949). He became character first principal of Mar Ivanios College.
He was consecrated bit bishop on January 29, 1953, by the hands of Archbishop Ivanios, and he received righteousness name Benedict Mar Gregorios. Sustenance the death of Ivanios, Gregorios became the second metropolitan archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in 1955.
Parish communities were formed in Syro-Malankara Catholic Creed during this period. Gregorios pave the way to establish Impair Theophilos Training College, Trivandrum service Mar Gregorios College of Bailiwick and Science, Chennai. After 41 years of episcopal ministry, Gregorios died on 10 October 1994. His body was entombed foresee St. Mary's Cathedral, Pattom, Trivandrum.
St. John's College, Anchal, shipshape and bristol fashion first grade arts and discipline college in Kollam district was established by Gregorios. St. John's College Anchal became the boldness centre of the total wake up of a remote rural native into a fast developing town.
References
Sources
Thomas Inchaykkalodi, Archbishop Mar Ivanios, Vol.
1, Bethany Publications, Kottayam, 2006.