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====The Church of India (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)====
*52 [[Church of India|Church in India]] was founded by St. [[Apostle Thomas|Thomas the Apostle]].
*1498 The Portuguese reached the Indian shore in 1498, along with them came Roman Catholic missionaries.
*1653 [[w:Coonan Cross Oath|Coonan Cross Oath]] by which all connections with the Portuguese Roman Catholics and Jesuits (Roman Catholic supremacy) was rejected by the St Thomas Christians.
*1665 The "Jacobite" bishop, Mar Gregorios of Jerusalem came to India, confirming the Episcopal consecration of [[w:Mar Thoma I|Mar Thoma I]] as the head of the Orthodox [[Church of India|Church in India]] (Oriental Orthodoxy restored); this was a new beginning in the history of modern Malankara Church.
