Indian Church History
This saint is the patron saint of India
Who is St. Thomas?
This is the name of the ashram that Mar Ivanios created
What is the Bethany Ashram?
This is the definition of the term Mar Thoma Nazranikal
What is Mar Thoma Christians?
*Bonus points if you can tell me what "Mar" translates to and which language it comes from*
*Bonus points if you can tell me what Nazranikal means*
Mar Ivanios was born into this Christian denomination
What is the Orthodox Church?
This is the date in which the Malankara Church reunited with the Catholic Church?
What is September 20, 1930?
This is the year that St. Thomas arrived in India
What is 52 A.D.?
*Bonus points if you can say what does A.D. stand for*
This is the city in which Mar Ivanios was born
What is Mavelikara, Kerela?
This was Mar Ivanios' name at birth
What is Geevarghese Panikkervettil?
*Bonus points if you can tell me what Geevarghese translates to in English*
This was the name of Mar Ivanios before he became a bishop
What is Father P.T. Geevarghese, MA Achen?
This is the reason for it to be called the Reunion Movement
What is we who were in communion with Rome are reuniting with the Catholic church after losing that connection?
These people brought Latin Christianity to India
Who is the Portuguese/Jesuits?
This is the college where Mar Ivanios worked as a professor
Serampore College, Kolkotta
This was the pope during the Reunion Movement?
Who is Pope Pius XI?
Mar Ivanios was consecrated bishop with this ecclesiastical title in 1925.
What is Bishop of Bethany/Metropolitan of Bethany?
After the Koonan Cross Oath, the Mar Thoma Christians were split in two. The Malankara Church was a part of this community
What is the Puthenkoor?
This is the number of churches that St. Thomas establish in India
What is 7 churches?
*Bonus points if you can name some of the churches*
This is the city where the Reunion Movement was held in
What is Kollam, Kerala?
This bishop was the appointed successor to Mar Ivanios
Who is Benedict Mar Gregorios?
Mar Ivanios passed away in this year, after two decades of leading the reunited Syro-Malankara Church.
What is 1953?
This is the amount of people who were in charge of the Reunion Movement
What is 5 people?
This was the promise/oath taken during the Koonan Cross Oath
What is that the Mar Thoma Christians will never been under the authority of the Jesuits?
This is the place of Mar Ivanios' burial
What is Pattom, Thiruvanthapuram
This uncle at our church is the nephew of Mar Ivanios
Who is Panicker Uncle
This was the names of the two religious orders that Mar Ivanios established
What is the Order of the Imitation of Christ(OIC) & the Sister's of the Imitation of Christ(SIC)?
These were the two conditions the Malankara Church had when reuniting with the Catholic church
What is the Malankara Church gets to keep our liturgy and we get to keep autonomy/right to self-governance?