Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
In 2019 we became more familiar with the life and mission of St John Henry Newman. Perhaps in 2020 we might learn something about Mar Ivanios, called the “Newman of the East” by his people.
This year the Syro-Malankara Church, the seat of which is here in Thiruvananthapuram, will be marking the 90th anniversary its reunion with Rome.
Mar Ivanios, who led the movement, was received into full communion on September 20, 1930. He is thus considered the father of the Syro-Malankara Church, one of the 23 Eastern Churches in communion with Rome.
