It is the autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church in India claiming origin in the mission of Saint Thomas the Apostle in the first century.
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church is based at Kottayam in Kerala and is led by the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan. It is one of the Saint Thomas Christian traditions of India and maintains communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches while remaining independent of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate.
Sources
Primary
- Constitution of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (1934)
Secondary
- Mathias Mundadan, History of Christianity in India, Volume I (1984)