ST. BEHANANS INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
The St Behanan Indian Orthodox Church in Herefordshire was established from a desire in the minds of the Indian immigrants to the Herefordshire area in early 2020. They wanted a place to congregate and worship the almighty God in the tradition and practices of the Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Church. Fr Mathew Abraham Palathinkal arrived there for a prayer meeting at the house of Chrisin Varughese Issac on 6/12/2022
and a second prayer meeting at the house of Liju Varughese on 17/01/23 following this he did the needful to enable the community to start worshipping with the first Holy Qurbana being celebrated by the diocesan bishop H.G Abraham Mar Stephanos on 28/01/2023. With the support and cooperation of all the faithful, it was possible to establish a congregation in the name of St Behanan in Herefordshire.
Our Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
The Indian Orthodox Syrian Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, who came to India in A.D. 52.
What do we believe
Our trust is in the Triune God, everything belongs to him and we too have our existence from Him.
Our History
The Malankara Orthodox Church referred to as the Orthodox Church of India or the Indian Orthodox Church
Catholicate of the East
H.H. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, The Ninth Catholicos of the East in Malankara (2021– Present)
The word Orthodox is a combination of two words, Orthos which means 'true' and Doxos which means 'glory'. Orthodoxy is nothing but True Glory, glorification of the Triune God in the True Way.
The Indian Orthodox Church is a prominent member Of the Oriental Orthodox Church family. The Church traces its origin to St. Thomas the Apostle, who came to India in AD 52 and established the church and suffered martyrdom.
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.