Baselios Augen I
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His Holiness Baselios Augen I Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan |
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| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church | |
| See | Apostolic See of St. Thomas in the East |
| Installed | 1964 |
| Term ended | 1975 |
| Predecessor | Baselios Geevarghese II |
| Successor | Baselios Mathews I |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | May 22, 1964 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 26, 1884 Perumbavoor, Kerala, India |
| Died |
December 3, 1975 (aged 91) Kottayam, Kerala, India |
| Buried | Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam, Kerala, India |
Catholicos Baselios Augen I (26 June 1884 – 8 December 1975) was the fourth Indian Catholicose of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
The future Catholicos was born on 26 June 1884 at Puthencruz, Ernakulam district of the Indian state of Kerala to Rev. Fr. Abraham Malpan of Chettalathumkangara family and Annamma of Cheruvillil Valiyal of Puthencruz. His Father was a scholar of Syriac language. When he was baptized by Metropolitan Paulos Ivanios, he was named Mathai by the Metropolitan. Ivanios was the Syriac teacher and mentor of his father. Young Mathai had his primary education at Puthencruz while staying at the home of his mother's family. At a very young age, he had accepted the discipleship of Malankara Malpan (Teacher of the Church) V. Rev. Mathen Cor-Episcopa of Konatt and had his theological education from Pampakuda Seminary. He was ordained as sub-deacon by Kadavil Paulose Mar Athanasius Metropolitan. Dn. Mathai joined M.D. Seminary School, Kottayam and learned English language.
In those days, Dn. Mathai met Dn. Sleeba from Syria (later Sleeba Osthathios Metropolitan). Together they visited almost every Church in Malankara. Dn. Mathai used to translate the Syriac speeches of Dn. Sleeba. Owing to his great love for Syriac language, Dn. Mathai left for Syria with Dn. Sleeba in 1905 and was ordained Deacon at Mar Mathai Dayaro (St. Mathew's Monastery) in Assyria. During his stay at the oldest monastery of Mar Augen in Thurabdeen, Dn. Mathai decided to accept the name Augen. He stayed for a few days with then Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Abdul Masih II at the monastery of Mar Abraham in Thurabdeen. Then he travelled to Mardeen and reached Kurkuma Dayara where he stayed for about nine months and studied several rare books in Syriac. In 1908 he was elevated to the monastic order of Ramban by Patriarch Ignatius Abdulla at St. Mark's Syrian Orthodox Monastery in Jerusalem.
While staying at Thurabdeen, Augen Ramban gave much thought to the affairs and future of Malankara Church and held correspondence with some of the leaders in Malankara. Very few people are aware of the decisive role played by Augen Ramban in the establishment of the Catholicate of the East in Malankara. He provided the information about the deposed Patriarch Ignatius Abdul Masih II to the Metropolitan Vattasseril Dionasius to make a division in Malankara Church.
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