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Suspension of Knanaya Jacobite Metropolitan Bishop Kuriakose Mor Severios stayed by Kottayam Munsiff Court II

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KOTTAYAM: Court stayed the suspension of Knanaya Jacobite Metropolitan Bishop Kuriakose Mor Severios. The order is of Kottayam Munsiff Court II. The court order was filed by the supporters of Kuriakose Mor Severios questioning the action of Ignatius Aphrem II Bava, the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The court said that the stay will remain in place until the final order is passed on the petition.

The Metropolitan was suspended for allegedly violating the orders of Ignatius Aphrem II Bava. The patriarch's order states that he has been removed from pastoral duties until further notice. Kuriakose Mor Severios had been warned early on when he was found to be close to the Orthodox Church in India. The representative of Patriarch Bava had summoned him the other day at Puthenkurish and asked him for an explanation. He was suspended rejecting his explanation.

A group of believers had reached the church headquarters in Kottayam Chingavanam protesting the suspension and supporting Severios. They alleged that the reason behind the suspension was the move by the auxiliary bishops for power. The moves of Severios, the sole bishop of the church, were opposed by the three auxiliary bishops. The action was taken when the request to postpone the special association meeting called on the 21st for a new constitutional amendment to curtail the authority of Patriarch Bava was rejected. Severios had already been removed from the post of great metropolitan (archbishop).

The Knanaya Jacobites are the descendants of those who came to India from Syria in 345 AD. The Church, which continues the ethnic tradition, functions as the Diocese of the Syriac Church in Antioch. The Church functions under the direct authority of Patriarch Bava both spiritually and administratively. The headquarters of the church is Kottayam Chingavanam.

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