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Official Knanaya Catholics Site - KottayamDiocese.com ...

The Knanaya Community traces its origin from a group of Jewish-Christian emigrants from Southern Mesopotamia to the South Indian port of Cranganore in A D 345, who formed themselves into an endogamous community. They co-existed peacefully in the Indian nation and fulfilled their missionary purpose of re-invigorating the Church of St Thomas Christians. The original community consisted of about ...

ALLATAE SUNT (On the observance of Oriental Rites) Pope Benedict XIV Encyclical of Pope Benedict XIV promulgated on July 26, 1755. To Missionaries Assigned to the Orient. Beloved Sons, We give You Greeting and Our Apostolic Blessing. There has been brought to the Cardinals, who are in charge of the Propagation of the Faith, the letter of a certain priest who was assigned to conduct holy missions ...

H.B. Stephanos II GHATTAS, C.M. The Coptic-Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria He was born at Sheik-Zein-Eddin near Tahta (Governorate of Sohag) on January 16, 1920 He entered the Small Seminary of Cairo in August 1929 He attended the College of the Holy Family Jesuits Fathers for his primary studies which he completed in June 1938 1938 he attended the College Of Propaganda Fide in Rome. 1944 he ...