page_title: Chaldean Syrian Church
hierarchical_section_title: Chaldean Syrian Church
caption_attribution_description: English: Inside view of Marthmariam big church
context_page_description: The Chaldean Syrian Church of India is an Eastern Christian Church based in Thrissur, India. It is an archbishopric of the Assyrian Church of the East and is in full communion with Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III. The Assyrian Church of the East descends from the historic Church of the East.
  The Chaldean Syrian Church employs the Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari belonging to the East Syriac Rite. Its members are a part of the St. Thomas Christian community, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are almost exclusively based in the state of Kerala, with the church's cathedral, the Marth Mariam Cathedral, located in Thrissur. The Chaldean Syrian Church is the modern-day continuation of the historic Church of the East in India, after the majority of its followers were converted to Catholicism and Oriental Orthodoxy. The Chaldean Syrian Church shares the same liturgy with the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of India. Today the Chaldean Syrian Church is one of four archbishoprics in the Assyrian Church of the East, and has about 15,000 members in and around Thrissur.
context_section_description: The Chaldean Syrian Church of India (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ; Malayalam: കൽദായ സുറിയാനി സഭ) is an Eastern Christian Church based in Thrissur, India. It is an archbishopric of the Assyrian Church of the East and is in full communion with Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III. The Assyrian Church of the East descends from the historic Church of the East.
  The Chaldean Syrian Church employs the Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari belonging to the East Syriac Rite. Its members are a part of the St. Thomas Christian (also known as Nasrani) community, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are almost exclusively based in the state of Kerala, with the church's cathedral, the Marth Mariam Cathedral, located in Thrissur. The Chaldean Syrian Church is the modern-day continuation of the historic Church of the East in India, after the majority of its followers were converted to Catholicism and Oriental Orthodoxy. The Chaldean Syrian Church shares the same liturgy with the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of India (which is in full communion with the Holy See of Rome). Today the Chaldean Syrian Church is one of four archbishoprics in the Assyrian Church of the East, and has about 15,000 members in and around Thrissur.
caption: Inside view of Thrissur Marth Mariam Cathedral
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