Gereja Katolik Siro-Malabar

**Gereja Katolik Siro-Malabar** (: **Edtha d'Malabar Suryaya** atau **Gereja Suriah Malabar**) adalah sebuah Gereja Episkopal Agung Utama dalam komuni penuh dengan Gereja Katolik. Gereja tersebut dikepalai oleh Uskup Agung Ytama Ernakulam-Angamaly, Kardinal Mar George Alencherry. Anggota-anggota Gereja tersebut dikenal sebagai Nasrani Mar Thoma atau Katolik Suriah. Gereja tersebut adalah denominasi Nasrani terbesar dengan sekitar 4.6 juta pengikut dan asal mulanya berasal dari aktivitas penginjilan Tomas pada abad ke-1.

Gereja Siro-Malabar mengikuti liturgi Ritus Suriah Timur, yang secara tradisional diatributkan kepada santo Addai and Mari, yang berasal dari Edessa pada abad ke-3. Gereja tersebut adalah salah satu dari 22 *[[sui iuris]]* Gereja Katolik Timur dalam komuni Katolik. Gereja tersebut adalah Gereja Katolik Timur terbesar kedua, setelah Gereja Katolik-Yunani Ukraina. Gereja tersebut adalah salah satu dari dua Gereja Katolik Timur dari India, selain Gereja Katolik Siro-Malankara yang mengikuti liturgi Ritus Suriah Barat. Santa Alfonsa adalah santa pertama yang dikanonisasikan dari Gereja tersebut.

## Hierarki
Most believers of this church are organized under 5 Metropolitan Archeparchies (archdioceses), all in Kerala, and their suffragan eparchies.
* Eparki Agung Mayor Ernakulam-Angamaly
** Eparki Idukki
** Eparki Kothamangalam
* Eparki Agung Changanassery
** Eparki Kanjirappally
** Eparki Palai
** Eparki Thuckalay
* Eparki Agung Kottayam (nominally Metropolitan, no suffragan)
* Eparki Agung Tellicherry
** Eparki Belthangady
** Eparki Bhadravathi
** Eparki Mananthavady
** Eparki Mandya
** Eparki Thamarassery
* Eparki Agung Thrissur
** Eparki Irinjalakuda
** Eparki Palghat
** Eparki Ramanathapuram

Eparki di luar Kerala
* Eparki Bijnor
* Eparki Gorakhpur
* Eparki Sagar
* Eparki Satna
* Eparki Ujjain
* Eparki Kalyan
* Eparki Rajkot
* Eparki Adilabad
* Eparki Chanda
* Eparki Jagdalpur
* Eparki Shamshabad

Yurisdiksi luar
* Eparki Faridabad, near Delhi, also serves Haryana, (Indian) Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Uttar Pradesh
* Eparki Hosur, in Tamil Nadu, established October 2017
* Eparki Shamshabad

Luar India:
* Eparki Mississauga, for Canada
* Eparki Melbourne, for Australia
* Eparki Chicago, for the USA
* Eparki Britania Raya in Preston, Lancashire for England, Wales & Scotland

## Sejarah

### Asal mula Kristen St. Thomas
Gereja tersebut memercayai bahwa St. Tomas (Mar Thoma shleeha) mendarat di Kodungalloor (Muziris) pada 52 Masehi dan mendirikan kominitas Kristen pada bagian-bagian yang berbeda di India dan meninggal di Mylapur pada 72 Maeshi Menurut tradisi, ia mendirikan tujuh gereja atau komunitas di Kerala; di Kodungalloor, Niranam, Kollam, Chayal, Kottakkavu (Paravur Utara), Kokkamangalam dan Palayoor.

## Tokoh Katolik Siro-Malabar berpengaruh yang berkarya pada kesatuan Nasrani
* Mar Joseph Kariattil
* Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar
* Nidhiry Mani Kathanar
* Ikkako Kathanar
* Placid J. Podipara

## Referensi

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## Pranala luar

* Gereja Siro-Malabar 
* Keuskupan Agung Thrissur 
* Keuskupan Agung Kottayam 
* Keuskupan Agung Changanacherry 
* Keuskupan Agung Ernakulam-Angamaly 
* Keuskupan Agung Tellicherry 
* Situs web Sinode Diamper 
* Kekristenan India: Buku-buku karya Geddes, Mackenzie, Medlycott, &c. 
* Misi Suriah malabar di Chennai 
* Gereja Suriah Malabar di Australia 
* Warisan Nazraney 
* Gereja Suriah Malabar di Qatar 
* Matrimoni Suriah Malabar