Catholicos laid to rest with State honours
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A 5-member episcopal will handle church administration until Oct. 14
The mortal stays of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Baselios Mar Thoma Poulose II, head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, had been interred in a crypt with State honours beside the Catholicate palace chapel at Devalokam, Kottayam, by 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The funeral service was led by Kuriakose Mar Cleemis. All metropolitans of the Orthodox Church had been the co-celebrants. The proceedings started with prayers within the morning and the mortal stays had been stored for the general public to pay homage until 2 p.m.
A big selection of leaders throughout all political events paid their final respects to the Catholicos.
United States President Joe Biden and Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, provided their condolences.
Church sources mentioned a five-member episcopal council led by senior metropolitan Kuriakose Mar Cleemis would handle the administration of the church until October 14.
On that day, the Malankara Association, the apex physique comprising clergymen and laity representatives from all parishes underneath the Church, is slated to meet at Parumala and ratify the nomination of the subsequent head of the Church.
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