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[[Image:CatholicosDidimos.jpg|thumb|left|His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, current [[Catholicos]] of the East (2005- )]]
The fact that the Christian Church, first appeared in India, as elsewhere, as a fellowship of self-governing communities to the same body and born into the same new life, may yet light the path to a future of peace, within and beyond the Orthodox Community.
==List of Catholicos of the East (Indian Orthodox Church)==
'''Catholicos of the East'''
*1912-1914 [[w:Baselios Paulose I|Baselios Paulose I]]
*1914-1924 ''VACANT''
*1925-1928 [[w:Baselios Geevarghese I|Baselios Geevarghese I]]
'''Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan''' ''(from 1934 onwards, both offices united in one person)''
*1929-1964 [[w:Baselios Geevarghese II|Baselios Geevarghese II]]
*1964-1975 [[w:Baselios Augen I|Baselios Augen I]]
*1975-1991 [[w:Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I|Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I]]
*1991-2005 [[w:Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II|Baselios Marthoma Mathews II]]
*2005-Present [[Baselios Didymos I|Baselios Marthoma Didymos I]]
==St Thomas Christian Groups==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="60%"
|+'''St. Thomas Christian Groups'''
|- style="border: solid 1px"
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | East Syriac (Chaldean)
! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Syriac (Antiochian)
|-
! colspan="1"| '''[[Assyrian Church of the East|Assyrian Church]]'''
! colspan="2"| '''[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Communion]]'''
| '''Independent (Reformed)'''
| '''Independent'''
! colspan="2"| '''[[Oriental Orthodox|Oriental Orthodox Communion]]'''
|-
| [[w:Chaldean Syrian Church|Chaldean Syrian Church]]<br>(1814) || [[w:Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]<br>(1665) || [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]]<br>(1930) || [[w:Mar Thoma Church|Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church]]<br>(Mar Thoma Church)<br>(1876) || [[w:Malabar Independent Syrian Church|Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] (Thozhiyoor Church)<br>(1771) || [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]] ('''Indian Orthodox Church''') || [[w:Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church]] (Syriac Orthodox Church)
|}
[[Image:St Thomas Christians divisions.jpg|centre|A chart describing the divisions within the St. Thomas Christians of Kerala (relationship of the [[w:Syrian Malabar Nasrani|Nasrani]] groups).]]
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[[Image:Church of India - All Bishops.jpg|Bishops of the Church of India (ca.2002)]]
===Demography===
On a rough reckoning, about 70% to 75% of the Christians in Kerala belong to St. Thomas Christianity, spread across different denominations: the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]], the [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church|Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]], the '''Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church''' (Church of India), the Marthoma Syrian Church, the Chaldean Syrian Church and the Malabar Independent Syrian Church.
<caption>'''St.Thomas Christian Churches'''</caption>
{| border="1"
!Church Name||Population||
|-
|Syro-Malabar Church<ref>http://www.smcim.org//about.htm</ref>||3,674,115
|-
|'''Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church''' (Church of India)<ref>[http://malankaraorthodoxchurch.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=213 Malankara Orthodox Church - Malankara Orthodox Church]</ref><ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/malankara-orthodox-syrian-church.html</ref>||2,000,000 ‡
|-
|Mar Thoma Church<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/mar-thoma-syrian-church-of-malabar.html</ref>.||1,062,000 ‡
|-
|'''[[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church]]'''<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_622.html Adherents.com]</ref>||750,000 ‡
|-
|[[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church|Syro-Malankara Church]]<ref>[http://www.malankaracatholicchurch.net/Statistics.htm Welcome to "The Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church Website"]</ref>||608,725
|-
|St. Thomas Evangelical Church<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_622.html Adherents.com]</ref>||50,000
|-
|Chaldean Syrian Church<ref>NSC Network (2007),[http://nasrani.net/2007/02/13/stthomas-christians-demography/ St. Thomas Christians Demography.]</ref>||20,000
|-
|Malabar Independent Syrian Church<ref>NSC Network (2007),[http://nasrani.net/2007/02/13/stthomas-christians-demography/ St. Thomas Christians Demography.]</ref>||10,000
|-
|}
The data given is world-wide population. The population figures of non Catholic denominations especially, the Jacobite, Orthodox and Mar Thoma Church are not from reliable sources. India's official census data <ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in]</ref> places the total Christian population in Kerala at 6.06 million in the year 2001. Accordingly, the population of St Thomas Christians in [[w:Demographics of Kerala|Kerala]] (who form 70%-75% of the total Christian population in the State as suggested above) may be in the region of 4.2 to 4.5 million.
==References==
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==Source==
*[[Wikipedia:Saint Thomas Christians]]
*[http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/10/31/66637.html New primate for Malankara Church (31 October 2005)]
*[http://orthodoxherald.com/ Online Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition Biweekly]*[http://orthodoxherald.net/ Online Indian Orthodox Herald Malayalam Edition]
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