Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America
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Diocese of Southwest America | |
|---|---|
| Orthodox | |
 Catholicate Emblem | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | America |
| Metropolitan | H. G. Thomas Mar Ivanios[1] |
| Headquarters | 3101 Hopkins Rd Beasley, TX 77417, USA |
| Information | |
| First holder | Alexios Mar Eusebios |
| Rite | Malankara Rite |
| Established | 1 April 2009[2] |
| Diocese | South West America Diocese |
| Parent church | Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
| Website | |
| South West America Diocese | |
The Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America, sometimes referred to as the Southwest Diocese or DS-WA is a diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocesan headquarters are located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, with a postal address of Beasley,[3] a suburban city in Texas 40 miles from downtown Houston. The southwest diocese covers several churches in the U.S. states, and Canada.[4]
History
[edit]American diocese
[edit]The American diocese was established in 1979 by Thomas Makarios. In 1991, after the death of Makarios, Mathews Barnabas was enthroned as metropolitan in 1993. In 2002, Zachariah Nicholovos was appointed as the assistant metropolitan.
Formation of the Southwest Diocese
[edit]The Diocese was formed by order number 145/2009 signed by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas and Malankara Metropolitan, Didymus I on 1 April 2009.[5][6] Barnabas and Nicholovos were appointed to the Northeast American Diocese and Alexios Eusebius was appointed the Southwest Diocese.
According to order number 01/2017,[7] Eusebius was transferred to the Diocese of Mavelikkara. Subsequently the Malankara Metropolitan assumed control over the diocese and Zacharias Aprem was appointed as the assistant metropolitan to the diocese. In October 2022, Thomas Ivanios was appointed as the permanent Diocesan Metropolitan bringing an end to the temporary administrative set up that lasted for over five years.
Today
[edit]As of April 2020, there are 63 churches in the southwest diocese.[8]
Diocesan metropolitan
[edit]Assistant metropolitan
| List of Diocesan Metropolitan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Start | End | Notes |
| American Diocese Formed | |||
| Thomas Makarios | 1979 | 1991 | Founder and first Metropolitan of American Diocese |
| Mathews Barnabas | 1993 | 2011 | Enthroned as the Second metropolitan of the American Diocese. The American Diocese split into the Northeast American Diocese and Southwest American Diocese in 2009 |
| Southwest Diocese Formed | |||
| Alexios Eusebius | 2009 | 2017 | First Metropolitan of the current Southwest American Diocese. Relinquished duties in 2017. |
| Zacharias Aprem | 2017 | 2022 | Assistant Metropolitan from 20 September 2017 - October 31, 2022[9] |
| Thomas Ivanios | 2022 | Present | |
Parishes
[edit]1 St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Phoenix AZ
2 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, San Francisco CA
3) St Mary’s Orthodox Church, Los Angeles CA
4 St. George Orthodox Church, Sacramento CA
5 St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Valiyapally, Los Angeles CA
6 St Thomas Orthodox Church, Denver CO
7 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church of India, South Florida FL
8 St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Orlando FL
9 St. Paul's Orthodox Church, Orlando FL
10 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Jacksonville FL
11 St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church, Tampa FL
12 St. Thomas Indian Orthodox, Hollywood, Florida FL
13 St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Church, South West Florida FL
14 St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church, Tampa, Florida FL
15 St Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Pompano Beach, FL
16 St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Atlanta GA
17 St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Atlanta GA
18 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Augusta GA
19 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Elmhurst IL
20 St Gregorios Cathedral, Bellwood IL
21 St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Chicago IL
22 St Mary’s Orthodox Church Oak Lawn. IL IL
23 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Kansas City, Missouri KS
24 St. George Orthodox Congregation, Louville, KY
25 St Thomas congregation Charlotte MD
26 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
27 St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
28 St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Detroit MI
29 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Minnesota MN
30 St Mary’s Orthodox Church, St.Louis MO
31 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Cleveland OH
32 St Ephrem’s Orthodox Church - Ohio OH
33 St. Thomas Orthodox Church, Oklahoma OK
34 St. Anthony’s Congregation -Pittsburg PA
35 St Paul’s Orthodox Church, Chattanooga TN
36 St. Barnabas Indian Orthodox Congregation, Nashville TN
37 St. Mary's Orthodox Congregation, Memphis TN
38 St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Houston TX
39 St Paul’s Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
40 St. George Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
41 St Gregorios Orthodox Church McAllen, TX
42 A&M College Station Orthodox Congregation, TX
43 St. Thomas Orthodox Church Lufkin TX
44 St Mary’s COI Othodox Church, Dallas TX
45 St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Houston TX
46 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
47 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Austin TX
48 St James Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
49 St. George Orthodox Church, San Antonio TX
50 St. Peter's & St. Paul's Orthodox Church, Houston TX
51 St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Houston TX
52 St Mary’s, Valiyapally Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
53 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, Houston TX
54 St Thomas Orthodox Church, Dallas TX
55 St. Mary's Indian Orthodox Church, San Antonio, TX
56 St Gregorios Orthodox Church, New Orleans TX
57 St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Atlanta TX
58 St. Gregorios, Orthodox Mission Church, Spokane, WA
59 St Thomas Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA
References
[edit]- ^ "His Grace Thomas Mar Ivanios Metropolitan". Archived from the original on 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Diocesan Admin". www.ds-wa.org.
- ^ "Home". Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church,Diocese of South-West America, 3101 Hopkins Rd Beasley, TX 77417
- Compare to the Beasley city limits (rotate the map until it points north, and compare with the location of the headquarters) - Also see map from the U.S. Census Bureau. Note that the city of Houston stated in 1996 that: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries." - ^ "Parishes." Diocese of South-West America. Retrieved on 27 October 2011.
- ^ "AboutUS". ds-wa.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Diocese of South West America |". mosc.in. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Mar Aprem, Zacharias (28 September 2017). "Kalpana No.01/2017" (PDF). DS-WA.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Parishes : Malankara Orthodox Directory".
- ^ "Metropolitan".
Further reading
[edit]Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer. (n.d.). (n.p.): Liturgical Resource Development.
Konat, J. A. (n.d.). Service Book of the Holy Qurbono: English with Commentary & Malayalam with Transliteration. (n.p.): Malankara Orthodox Church Publications.
Y. M. A., Irenaios, Y. M. (2017). A Study of the Experience of the Unspeakable and Its Manifestations in Selected Mystic Saints and Holy Persons in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. India: SFS Publications.
The Book of Common Prayer of the Syrian Church. (2005). United States: Gorgias Press.
Krikorian, M. K. (2010). Christology of the Oriental Orthodox Churches: Christology in the Tradition of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Austria: Peter Lang.
