Baselios Thoma Didymos I
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His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Didymus I Catholicos of The East and Malankara Metropolitan |
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| Catholicos of the East | |
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| Church | Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
| See | Apostolic See of St. Thomas in the East |
| Installed | 31 October 2005 |
| Term ended | 1 November 2010 |
| Predecessor | Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II |
| Successor | Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II |
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| Ordination | 25 January 1950 |
| Consecration | 24 August 1966 |
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| Birth name | C. T. Thomas |
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29 October 1921 Mavelikkara, India |
| Died | 26 May 2014 (aged 92) Parumala, India |
| Buried | Mount Tabor Dayara, Pathanapuram |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church |
| Parents | Ittyavira Thomas and Sosamma |
Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Didymus I (29 October 1921 – 26 May 2014) was Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan (Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church) from 2005 to 2010. Didymos I was consecrated as Metropolitan bishop on 24 August 1966 at Kolencherry St. Peter's & St. Paul's Church and served as Metropolitan of the Malabar Diocese of the church from 1968. He was the seventh Catholicos since the Catholicate of the East was relocated to India and 111th in the lineage of Catholicose of the East in the Apostolic throne of St. Thomas. Didymus I was the 20th Malankara Metropolitan of the Church.
Didymos I was the son of Ittyavira Thomas of Chiramel-Mulamootil House in Nedumbram near Thiruvalla and Sosamma of Chiramel House in Mavelikara. At the age of 18, he joined Mount Tabor Dayara (monastery) in Pathanapuram in 1939 as the disciple of Thoma Mar Dionysius, Metropolitan of Niranam where he completed his high school education. He passed his Intermediate from C.M.S College, Kottayam in 1945, his B. A. from National College, Tiruchirapalli in 1951, his B. T. from Maston Training College, Chennai in 1954, and his M.A. in English literature from Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1961. His favorite authors were Charles Lamb in English and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in Malayalam.
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