Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia

The Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Malaysia. It comes under the episcopal jurisdiction of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church's Diocese of Chennai.

Syrian Orthodox migrant workers from India formed the first organised groups that met to worship in the Young Men's Christian Association, Kuala Lumpur in the 1920s. In 1932 the group was registered as the Jacobite Syrian Christian Union. The first priest was appointed in 1936 when the T. I. Joseph was appointed vicar for Malaya.

In 1984 Fr. Philip Thomas was ordained as the first Malaysian Orthodox priest by Thomas Mar Thimotheos, Metropolitan of the Diocese of Malabar.

The Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia currently has 6 congregations in Malaysia and is a full member of the Council of Churches of Malaysia.

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Churches in Malaysia

Protestantism	Church of the Province of South East Asia Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia Diocese of Sabah Diocese of Kuching Malaysia Baptist Convention Basel Christian Church of Malaysia Borneo Evangelical Church Christian Brethren of Malaysia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore Methodist Church in Malaysia Presbyterian Church in Malaysia Protestant Church in Sabah Seventh-day Adventist Church in Malaysia

Roman Catholicism	Roman Catholicism in Malaysia

Oriental Orthodoxy	Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia Coptic Orthodox Church in Malaysia

Syriac Reformed	Mar Thoma Syrian Church in Malaysia Reformed Oriental

Nontrinitarian	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malaysia True Jesus Church in Malaysia

Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia

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