Claim: Diocesan Metropolitan H.G. Zachariah Mar Dionysius was assigned to Madras Orthodox Diocese, which started a charitable institution called Snehabhavan on November 21 in 1996.
Evidence: The Diocese of Madras is one of the 30 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church with its headquarters at Chennai . The present diocese was formed on 1979 and the Diocesan Metropolitan was the late H.G. Zachariah Mar Dionysius. The diocese has a charitable institution called Snehabhavan, which is a guidance centre for patients undergoing treatment in Christian Medical College, Vellore.