Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan passed away

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan.

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Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan, (1917 – 2021) was an Indian prelate and the emeritus Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and was a bishop for 67 years, 11 months and 13 days.

He was addressed and referred to as Chrysostom Thirumeni or Valiya Thirumeni. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, in 2018.

Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Metropolitan completed 90 years on 27 April 2008. As part of the birthday celebration, Mar Thoma Church devised a project, Navathy Home Project, to support and enable 1500 families in India, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, to build a home of their own. (Malayalam – navathy – ninetieth anniversary).