eminent members from the past

Dr. George Kuruvila BA, MBBS (Kochubaby) (5g) Born in 1903, married Ammini (Annamma) - B.A. (History & English Lit.), daughter of Engineer Thomas of Kaniyanthara Vadakevalayil.  He was trained under some of the great physicians of the time like Dr. Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS and established two hospitals in Thiruvalla, one at  Kavumbhagom, GK Hospital  and one near SCS Junction, Thiruvalla, which was a clinic, GK Dispensary. He was the first Municipal Chairman of Thiruvalla and continued for 17 years.

H.G. Zachariah Mar Nicholovos Metropolitan

His Grace was born on August 13, 1959l. His boyhood name was Cheriyachen. He has three brothers and one sister.His grace belongs to the Puthenpurackal Branch of the family.

He studies in different schools in Kerala until he finished his High school. The first two years of his college education was in Malabar Christian College. He received his BA (English) from the St. Joseph College, Devagiri (Calicut University). He continued his studies in Theology at United Theological College, Bangalore and received a Bachelors of Divinity and a Masters of Theology.

His Grace Kuriakose Mar Coorilose ordained him Deacon on January 4th, 1986 and priest on May 16, 1990 at his home parish St. John's Church, Mepral. His Beatitude Mar Baselios Paulose II professed him as Ramban on August 5, 1993 at Moovattupuzha. His Holiness Moran Mar Ignatius Zakka Iwas I, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, consecrated him as Metropolitan on August 15, 1993.

Metropolitan Mar Nicholovos served as the Ecumenical Secretary of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and taught as a professor at the Malankara Syrian Seminary at Mulanthuruthy. His ecumenical activities led him to serve as a member of the Syrian Orthodox - Roman Catholic Dialogue Commission. His Grace remains very active in the Ecumenical and Inter-Religious movements. Metropolitan Mar Nicholovos was appointed as the Assistant Metropolitan of the American (Northeast American) Diocese in 2002. On February 26th 2011, His Holiness Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose II appointed Metropolitan Mar Nicholovos as the Metropolitan of the Northeast American Diocese .

He hails from Puthenpurackal branch, son of  P.T.Cherian. He was ordained as a priest of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church.

  He hails from Kizhakkeveetil branch, sub branch Pathinettil, son of  Mr Kuruvilla Mathew. He was ordained as a priest of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church.

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