Brahmavar Orthodoxy and St. Julius of Goa

A fascinating survey of the life of St. Julius of Goa, the first Orthodox Christian of the Roman Rite to be glorified since the Great Schism of 1054 and a metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Church, and his flock in Goa can be found here.

Pictured is a painting of St. Julius, enthroned as Metropolitan Mor Julius Alvares of Ceylon, Goa, and India (outside Kerala), in West Syrian-style vestments.

St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur

My reading tonight has taken me to Malaysia and to the website of St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hope it's of interest!

New Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

I'm a bit behind the times, but on Monday the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India enthroned its new first hierarch, Catholicos Basil Mar Thomas Paul I ("Baselios Mar Thoma Poulose I") of the East. The new catholicos leads the larger part of the Orthodox Church in India, which is in schism from its mother the Syriac Orthodox Church (which also maintains a large following in Kerala), but remains on good terms with its sister Oriental Orthodox Churches.