Remembering St. Gregorious Abdul' Jaleel' in the 5th Diptych

St. Gregorios Abdul’ Jaleel, the Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem, who came to India in AD.1665 on the request of the Malankara Church to reinstate the Holy Apostolic faith here, is remembered by the local Syrian Christian community with great veneration. It was his untiring efforts that helped to revive the ancient faith and traditions of the Malankara Syrian Christian Church.

His Holiness was born in the city of Mosul in Iraq. In AD.1654 he was ordained Metropolitan by name 'Thimotheos' for the Omid diocese (Ameed/Diyarbaker) in Turkey by the Patriarch of Antioch Mor Ignatius She'mun. After ten years, the Patriarch elevated him as the Archbishop for the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem. In view of the historical importance of the city of Jerusalem in the Christian Church, the metropolitan residing here was often referred as the 5th Patriarch in the Syrian Orthodox Church. 'Mor Gregorios' was the honorable title entrusted to this Jerusalem Patriarch who was within the spiritual supremacy of the Holy Patriarchal See of Antioch. Thus from his assumption as the Metropolitan of Jerusalem diocese, Mor Timotheos came to be known as 'Mor Gregorios'.

On 9th April 2000, the spiritual supreme of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Antioch & all the East 'His Holiness Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas', through an historic bull, permitted to recite the Quqalya hymns and prayers of the Zadeeqo (saints) at the tombs of Mor Gregorios Abdel`Jaleel Bava and Mor Osthatheos Sleeba (Arthat Simhasana Church, Kunnamkulam) and beseech their intercession.

On 7th February 2006, the historical Patriarchal Bull from His Holiness Mor Ignatius Zakka I, authorizing the recital of the name of of Mor Gregorios Abdel`Jaleel in the Fifth 'TUBDEN' (diptych), was issued (Click Here for the concerned Encyclical of the Patriarch). The name of the Holy father is recited in the 5th TUBDEN immediately after the names of late Patriarch of Antioch Mor Ignatius Elias III (Manjanikkara, 1932) and Maphriyono Mor Baselios Yeldho (Kothamangalam, 1685) and the pateron saint of Malankara St. Gregorios of Parumala.

For the biography of the St. Gregorios Abdul’ Jaleel’ please visit:

http://saintgregorios.org/PARAVUR/BriefBiographies.htm