HIS Grace the Most Rev Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan has passed away at the age of 104. Philipose Mar Chrysostom, fondly known to local Mar Thoma parishioners as Valiya Thirumeni, was the emeritus Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and a bishop for close to 68 years. "The passing on of our revered Philipose Mar Chrysostom Valiya Metropolitan is a great loss to the church and the numerous people he touched through his life and ministry. In 2007, Valiya Thirumeni announced his resignation as supreme head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church on grounds of old age and ill-health. On Mar Chrysostom's 90th birthday, the Mar Thoma Church devised a project, the Navathy Home Project, to build homes for 1,500 families in India, irrespective of caste, creed or religion.

Source: The Star May 05, 2021 08:08 UTC