Welcome to St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Syrian Church San Antonio, Texas, USA website. The Indian Orthodox Church is in the family of and in full communion with Oriental Orthodox Churches. Indian Orthodox Church (from Kerala India) traces its Christian heritage as far back as A. D. 52 when St. Thomas, one of the Disciples of Lord Jesus Christ, came to India and established Christianity. People of this southern Indian province were known as the “St. Thomas Syrian Christians” because their liturgy was in (eastern) Syriac or in Aramaic which was the language spoken by Jesus Christ himself. We adopted the western ‘Syriac’ language (17th century) and we continue to use as part of our worship and prayers.
Musical Concert by MG Sreekumar and Renjini Jose - May 27th
December 28, 2012 : Purchased the newly renovated building at 4990 View Dr. San Antonio, Texas 78228 USA. Diocesan Bishop HG Alexios Mar Eusebios himself signed the "Article of Deed" at the closing on behalf of Malankara Metropolitan, as per the Church constitution. We believe this may have been the first ever in SWDA that Bishop doing so at the purchase.
Our parish was established in 2010 as a small chapel. We are showered with abundant Grace of our Lord Almighty and protection by the invisible "hands" throughout our journey thus far. Rev. Fr. Mathukutty Varghese conducted the first Holy Qurbano on December 26 2010 as the St. Mary’s Chapel after the recognized under the SWDA. During the initial stage, our parish was recognized as the chapel of St. Gregorious Orthodox Church Houston. We, are indebted to Rev. Fr. P. M Cherian wo was our first vicar and grateful to the St. Gregorios Orthodox Church Houston for all their support in the first year (2011).
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