Question: Kanisa kubwa ulimwenguni linapatikana wapi?

Kanisa Katoliki la Kisiria la Malabar






Kanisa Katoliki la Kisiria la Malabar ni mojawapo kati ya madhehebu ya Ukristo wa mashariki yenye ushirika kamili na Papa na Kanisa Katoliki lote.
Linafuata mapokeo ya Mesopotamia na kutumia liturujia ya Mesopotamia, lakini linapatikana hasa India na katika nchi mbalimbali ambapo waamini wake wamehamia, kama vile Marekani, ambako lina majimbo mawili, na Kanada, ambako kuna jimbo moja.
Kwa jumla lina watu zaidi ya milioni 4, wakiongozwa na askofu mkuu kabisa wa Ernakulam-Angamaly na maaskofu wengine 38, mapadri 9121 katika parokia 3200.
Kanisa hilo ndiyo madhehebu kubwa kuliko yale yote yanayosisitiza kuwa yametokana na kazi ya Mtume Thoma.
Kati ya waamini wake, sista Mfransisko Alfonsa Muttathupadathu alitangazwa mtakatifu na Papa Benedikto XVI tarehe 12 Oktoba 1208.
Kwa sasa Kanisa hilo lina masista 35000 hivi na mabruda 6836.
Marejeo

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