PATHANAMTHITTA: Zacharias Mar Antonios (77), Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has passed away. He was the former Bishop of the Kollam Diocese. He died in a private hospital in Chengannur.

Born on 11th July 1946 in Punalur, he is the third son of W C Abraham and Mariyamma. He graduated in Economics from Fatima Mata College, Kollam.

He then pursued his sacred Theology at Kottayam Seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1974. He was someone who always worked for the betterment of the common people. He served in Kochi and Kollam for decades. He didn't even have a passport and travelled only for essentials. He was living at Mar Anthonios Dayara at the time of his death after resigning from his position as Bishop of the Kollam Diocese.