Original sentence: Geevarghese II Catholicos of the East awarded him the order of Korooyo on 11 March 1942, full deaconship on 22 May 1947 and priesthood on 25 January 1950.He served as headmaster of Ponnayya High School, Thiruchirapalli and St.He visitedthe church's diaspora, tending to his flock in other regions.He was the first Catholicos to preside over an official church secretariat, which administers to the affairs of the church.On 10 September 1992, the Malankara Association, which met at Parumala, elected him as successor-designate to the Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East.On 24 August 1966 at Kolencherry, Baselios Ougen Bava consecrated him as Metropolitan Thomas Mar Timotheos.The Malankara Syrian Christian Association elected him to the office of Metropolitan in 1965.The church had a tradition of selecting bishops from the monastic ranks
Edited sentence: D Seminary, Kottayam, elected him to the office of Metropolitan.He Has served as headmaster of Ponnayya High School, Thiruchirapalli and St.He also has plans to renovate the Catholicate Headquarters and bring it up to par with modern times and technology.He has also made extensive Apostolic visits to the church's diaspora, tending to his flock in other regions.He has been the first Catholicos to preside over an official church secretariat, which helps keep the administrative affairs of the church running efficiently.He received from Geevarghese II Catholicos of the East the order of Korooyo on 11 March 1942, full deaconship on 22 May 1947 and priesthood on 25 January 1950.Mor Didimos is an exemption to our recently fabricated monasticism as a preparation to receive the episcopate.On 10 September 1992, the Malankara Association, which met at Parumala, elected him as successor- designate to the Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East.On 24 August 1966 at Kolencherry Baselios Ougen Bava consecrated him as Metropolitan Thomas Mar Timotheos.Since being elevated to the Catholicate, has brought  about positive changes throughout the church.The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has a tradition of selecting bishops from the monastic ranks, but due to period when there were no functioning monastic communities, this tradition could not always be followed.The Malankara Syrian Christian Association, which met on 28 December 1965 at M