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Malankara Syriac Knanaya Community are part of the larger Knanaya community who are descendants of an endogamous ethnic migrant group of Syriac-Jewish Christians who arrived and settled in Kerala in the 4th or 8th century.

In the year 345 according to the Malayalam calendar (Kollavarsham), Knai Thoma, a merchant, and 72 families from Edessa (or modern Urfa) immigrated to Malankara (present-day Kerala) and established a community there. Among the group were priests, deacons and a bishop, Uraha Mar Ouseph (Bishop Joseph of Uraha/Urfa). Knai Thoma and his people were welcomed by Cheraman Perumal, the Chera Emperor of Kerala, and were given permission to settle down in Kodungalloor.

After the Coonen Cross Revolt. (Oath of the Bent Cross)a part of the Knanaya Community joined Archdeacon Thomas. They later accepted West Syriac liturgical traditions brought to Malankara by Mor Gregorios Abdal Jaleel of Jerusalem. This group later came under the Patriarch of Antioch. Today they form part of the Knanaya Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

List of Knanaya Syrian Church

The Knanaya Syrians claim that they are Jewish migrants who believed in Syriac Orthodox Church primacy. They have communities in Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam of Kerala and abroad.

• Total 129 Churches under Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese.
  • Chingavanam - 21
  • Kallisserry - 26
  • Ranni - 20
  • Bhagya Keralam - 6
  • Gulf Region - 7
  • UAE - 15
  • America, Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland and Europe - 34

See also

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam

• Syro-Malabar Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam

References

1. "Valiyapally". www.valiyapallyranni.com.
2. "Knanaya Samudayam". knanayaarchdiocese.com.
3. "Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) Churches in India". www.syriacchristianity.info. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Williams, Raymond Brady; Brady, Williams Raymond. Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57016-9.

External links

• Knanaya Resources
• Knanayadiocese.org
• Knanaya Jacobites fight for the control of Ranni Valiapally church

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