Malankara church Valiya Metropolitan Mar Chrysostom passes away

By Express News Service
THIRUVALLA: Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan, the emeritus Metropolitan of the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church handed away at Kumbanad Fellowship Hospital on Wednesday. The 104 yr outdated Metropolitan was the senior most metropolitan of any Christian denomination on the earth and the nation had honoured him with Padma Bhushan award in 2018.

Mar Chrysostom Valiya Matropolitan had celebrated his birthday on April 27 at a personal medical school at Tiruvalla. He was admitted to the hospital following urinary an infection and had examined Covid constructive. However he later examined damaging and was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. He was shifted shifted to the Fellowship Mission hospital at Kumbanadu later. However, his well being deteriorated round midnight and he breathed his final at 1.15 am.

The mortal stays of the metropolitan have been saved at Alexander Memorial Mar Thoma corridor at 8 am on Wednesday for public homage. The funeral will likely be held at 3 pm on Thursday. 

An excellent character with an inborn sense of humour, Mar Chrysostom had voluntarily retired from administrative duties of the church on October 1, 2007.

He was born because the son of vicar common of Marthoma church Okay.E. Oommen Kassessa and Sosamma at, Karthikappally on Apri 27,l 1918. After acquiring BA Degree from Union Christian College, Aluva, Philip Oommen had concerned  in missionary work in Ankola, Karnataka. He accomplished Theological research at United Theological College in Bangalore and was ordained as Deacon on January 1,1944. 

Along with theological research he fulfilled the responsibility of main the Bangalore Parish. He later served as Vicar of Kottarakkara, Mylom, Pattamala, Manganam St. Peters and Thiruvananthapuram parishes.

He was ordained as Episcopa on May 23, 1953 with the identify Philipose Mar Chrysostom Episcopa. He joined St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, England to pursue additional theological research. On his return in 1954 he was given duty of Kottayam-Kunnamkulam Diocese. During this era he represented the Mar Thoma Church within the Evanston Conference of the World Council of Churches.

He served because the Diocesan Episcopa of Adoor- Kottarakkara. From 1975 as soon as once more he grew to become missionary Bishop and was head of Thiruvananthapuram – Kollam, Adoor– Mavelikkara, Ranni – Nilackal and Chengannur – Thumpamon Dioceses thereafter.

He attended the second Vatican Council summoned by Pope John twenty third as Official observer of the Mar Thoma Church. The Mar Thoma Church had constructed homes for 1,500 homeless individuals on the event of the ninetieth birthday of Mar Chrysostom.

On his hundredth birthday, the Church constructed 100 houses for the homeless and additionally carried out a challenge for transgenders, to uphold and respect their id.

Director Blessy had made 100 years of Mar Chrysostom, a documentary on the life and imaginative and prescient of the Metropolitan. The documentary acquired the Guinness Award within the class of longest documentary.