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.

See also

• Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church

References

Churches in Malaysia Protestantism Adventist Seventh-day Adventist Church in Malaysia Anglican Church of the Province of South East Asia Diocese of West Malaysia Diocese of Sabah Diocese of Kuching Baptist Malaysia Baptist Convention Calvinist (Reformed) Presbyterian Church in Malaysia Lutheran Basel Christian Church of Malaysia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia Lutheran Church in Malaysia Protestant Church in Sabah Methodist Methodist Church in Malaysia Free Methodist Church in Malaysia Pentecostal Assemblies of God Malaysia Pentecostal Church of Malaysia Other Protestants Borneo Evangelical Church (Sidang Injil Borneo) Christian Brethren of Malaysia Evangelical Free Church of Malaysia Roman Catholicism Roman Catholicism in Malaysia Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese of Kuching 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