Abimalek_Timotheus

Abimalek Timotheus

Abimalek Timotheus

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Mar Abimalek Timotheus (28 August 1878 – 30 April 1945) was an Assyrian priest of the Church of the East who served as Metropolitan of Malabar and All India from 1907 until his death in 1945.[3] Born in the village of Mar Bisho in the Ottoman Empire, he was sent to India by Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XIX after Shimun received a petition to appoint a bishop from the Chaldean Syrian Church in Trichur (now Thrissur).[3]

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The Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East announced that Timotheus would be canonised in May 2018 following the adoption of a new procedure for canonisation,[1][4] and his sainthood was formally proclaimed by Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III on 29 September 2019.[5]

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    Assyrian Church of the East (2018). "The Third Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East Convened under His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Catholicos‐Patriarch" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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    Mooken, Aprem (1975). Mar Abimalek Timotheus: A Biography. Trichur: Mar Narsai Press. pp. 6, 13.
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    Coakley, James F. (2018). "Timotheus, Abimalek". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Beth Mardutho. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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    "Sainthood for Mar Abimalek Timotheus". The Times of India. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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    Assyrian Church of the East (17 November 2019). "Fourth Bi-lateral Dialogue Meeting of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Russian Orthodox Church". Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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