Kuriakose Elias Chavara
| Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara കുര്യാക്കോസ് ഏലിയാസ് ചാവറ (വിശുദ്ധ ചാവറയച്ചൻ) |
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Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara of Mannanam
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| Founder of CMI and CMC Congregations; Vicar General of East Syrian of Malabar | |
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10 February 1805 Kainakary, Kuttanad, Travancore, British Raj (now in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 3 January 1871 (aged 65) Koonammavu, Kingdom of Cochin, British Raj (now in Ernakulam, Kerala, India) |
| Venerated in | Syro Malabar Church |
| Beatified | 8 February 1986, Kottayam by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 23 November 2014, Rome by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | St. Joseph's Church, Mannanam, St.Philomena's Forane Church, Koonammavu |
| Feast | 3 January (Syro-Malabar) |
| Attributes | Syrian Catholic saint, founder and social reformer |
| Patronage | Press industry, media, literature, congregations |
“A good Christian family is the image of heaven, where persons are living together, by the bond of blood and affection , duly respecting and obeying their parents, and walking peacefully before the Lord and people, ensures their salvation, according to each one’s state of life.”
“Just as without eyes one cannot see the material things of the world, so also without knowledge it will be impossible for us to see or understand the reality of this world and the eternity where God dwells in. As those who have no eyes are called “Blind”, so too those who have no learning are to be called “intellectually blind” Hence it is the responsibility of priest to teach the faithful and of parents to teach their children.”
Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara is a Syrian Catholic saint and social reformer from the Indian state of Kerala. He is the first canonised male saint of Indian origin and belongs to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community founded by St. Thomas the Apostle in the first century. He was the co-founder and first Prior General of the first congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.), and of a similar one for women, the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (C.M.C.).
Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born on 10 February 1805 at Kainakary, Kerala in a Nasrani Christian family as the son of Iko (Kuriakose) Chavara and Mariam Thoppil. Nasranis are Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Syrian Christians) who are the ancient Christians of Kerala baptised by St. Thomas the Apostle in the first century. The name Kuriakose is derived from the Syriac Aramaic name ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ (Quriaqos). He was baptised on 17 February 1805 at St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Chennamkary.The Chavara family has derived from the ancient nasrani family Meenapally in Kainakary.
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