MAR BASELIOS MAR GREGORIOS ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCHSreekariyam, Trivandrum - 17
MAR BASELIOS MAR GREGORIOS ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH
Mar Baselios Mar Gregorios Orthodox Syrian Church, Sreekariyam is located in the heart of Trivandrum City. Our church is under Trivandrum Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox. The patron saints of our church are Mar Baselios and Mar Gregorios.
Few families of Trivandrum St. George Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, residing in and around Sreekariyam formed a congregation in the year 1978. It was this congregation which paved the path to the establishment of the present parish. The members of the congregation started a Sunday school in a temporary building at the present church site. They assembled and conducted prayer meetings on Sundays in the houses. H.G. Geevarghese Mar Dioscorus, the Metropolitan of Thiruvananthapuram Diocese was kind enough to issue a Kalpana to start a new parish at Sreekariyam, declaring the congregation as an independent parish in the name of the Kapodokian Fathers "Mar Baselios and Mar Gregorios" with effect from 17th July 1985. The Sunday school building was converted as a church and the first Holy Qurbana was conducted by Rev Fr. Sam G. Kaleekal.
The present church building was constructed and consecrated on 3rd and 4th February 2000 by H.H. Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Mathews II, the Malankara Metropolitan and the Catholicos of the East.
Mar Baselios was born in Kapodokia in AD-330 and was belonged to a very rich Christian family. His father was Baselios and his mother was Amelia. His primary education was held in Caesarea in Greece. He continued his education in Constantinople and Athenia. In AD-356, he completed his education and started his carrier as a teacher. Meanwhile he visited some monasteries in Egypt, Syria and Palestine and decided to lead a monastery life. He sold his family properties and distributed it among poor people. He started a monastery on the bank of the river Iris. He was a famous theologist and fought against the teaching of Arius. His thesis about "The Holy Spirit" is famous. He became the Metropolitan of Caesarea and Pantos after the death of Eusebius. He was a good administrator and a good social worker in his diocese. He died on AD 1-1-379.
Mar Gregorios was born in AD-330 in Kapodokia. His father was Gregorios the Metropolitan of Nasians and mother was Nona. His education was held in Caesarea, Alexandria and Athens. After his education he joined in the monastery of Mar Baselios. Later according to the instructions of his father he became a Kesisa. He was the successor of his father Gregorios, the Metropolitan of Nasians. After the death of Mar Baselios he became the Patriarch of Constantinople. He was the president of universal Synod held in AD-381 in Constantinople. He was a strong fighter against the teaching of Arius. He entered his eternal life in AD-389.