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St. Athanasious, popularly known as 'Valiya Thirumeni', was the Metropolitan of the Church in India for nearly four decades. He founded many of the major spiritual organizations in the church such as the Sunday School Association, the Mar Gregorios Students movement, the Brotherhood of St. Antonios and the St. Mary’s Sisterhood. Consecrated as Metropolitan for the Angamali diocese in 1910 by Patriarch Mor Ignatius Abded Aloho (Abdulla II), he became the Malankara Metropolitan of the Jacobite Syrian Church in 1918, until his death on 25 January 1953 at the age of 84. Fifty one years after his death, on 19 August 2004, the Church beatified Mor Athanasius Paulose. ==Childhood== Born on 23rd Jan 1869 as the third child of 'Mathai’ of Ayyambillil Thekkekarayil family and ‘Anna’ of Kuttikattu Pynadathu family of Nayathodu at Akaparambu, Angamali, Valiya Thirumeni was christened with the name PAULOSE at the Akaparambu Mor Sabor Mor Apfroth church. He had three sisters and two brothers. Since Thirumeni grew up in his mother's house (Pynadathu) at Akaparambu, as she was the only child of her parents, Valiya Thirumeni is often recognised as a member of the Kuttikatt Pynadathu family. Ambatt Mor Koorillos Geevarghese, the Metropolitan of Angamali diocese, came to know about him. Under his advice, young Paulose became a regular server in the altar of the Akaparambu Church. On 21 April 1879, at the age of ten, Paulose was ordained deacon by Ambatt Mor Koorilos, the first Metropolitan of Angamali diocese, under whom he had his theological and Syriac studies. His English education was at the Alwaye Government High School. Soon he was sent to the Syrian seminary at Kottayam where he was under the direct care of Pulikottil Joseph Mor Divanasios (Mor Dionysius V). By the time he completed the seminary course, he passed the matriculation exam from the C.M.S. School at Kottayam as well. Shortly thereafter he was appointed a teacher (‘Malfono’) in the seminary, where he continued till 1895. He fell seriously ill with typhoid, and returned home, where he became critically ill, but recovered and returned to Thrikkunnathu. Later the diocesan Metropolitan Kadavil Paulose Mor Athanasious Thirumeni entrusted him with the responsibility of supervising the construction works of the St. Mary's church there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulose Mar Athanasius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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