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'''Indian Orthodox Christianity''' | '''Indian Orthodox Christianity''' | ||
| − | Orthodox Church is the oldest Christian Community in India. It is believed to have established | + | Orthodox Church is the oldest Christian Community in India. It is believed to have established by Saint Thomas, one among the 12 Apostles of Christ in 52 AD. |
The Ecumenical Council of Nicea held in 325 AD, declared Eastern Counrties including India under the Patriarchate of Antioch. | The Ecumenical Council of Nicea held in 325 AD, declared Eastern Counrties including India under the Patriarchate of Antioch. | ||
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Indian Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Church is the oldest Christian Community in India. It is believed to have established by Saint Thomas, one among the 12 Apostles of Christ in 52 AD.
The Ecumenical Council of Nicea held in 325 AD, declared Eastern Counrties including India under the Patriarchate of Antioch.
The Patriarchate establised a Catholicate in Persia as a second post in the Patriarchate for fulfilling the needs of the Christians who lived outside the Roman Empire including India in 410 AD. The relationship of a Patriarch and a Catholicos is clearly establised in the Hudaya Canon or Nomo-Canon wrote in the year 869 AD.
Indian Christianity where served with Episcopal authority from the church of Persia under this Catholicate. Due to various tensions the Christians had with the muslim rule in Persia, this Catholicate was not continued in Persia from 1860 AD.
But by this time, the Christianty in India gained more strength. It was successful in re-establishing the Catholicate in India since 1912 AD.
The Orthodox christians in India follow the Oritnal Orthodox beliefs. It recognises the Oriental Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch as the Spiritual Leader and the Catholicos of East as the Supreme Head.
At present, The Oriental Orhtodox Patriarch of Antioch is Bold textHis Holiness, Iganatius Zakka 1stBold text and the Catholics of East is Bold textHis Holiness, Baselius Didymos 1stBold text
