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Malankara Church Today

The Malankara Church experienced a series of splits over the centuries, resulting in the formation of several autocephalous and autonomous churches.

The churches that share the Malankara Church Tradition are:

  1. Malabar Independent Syrian Church
  2. Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
  3. Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
  4. Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
  5. Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
  6. St. Thomas Evangelical Church
Malankara Church
Church Name Population Orientation
Syro-Malankara Church 436,870 * Catholic-West Syrian Rite
Malankara Jacobite and Orthodox combined 1,750,000 (Approx) Oriental Orthodox-West Syrian Rite
Malabar Independent Syrian Church 10,000 (Approx) Oriental Independent-West Syrian Rite
Mar Thoma Church 550,000 (Approx) Reformed-West Syrian Rite-Protestant Theology
St. Thomas Evangelical Church 50,000 (Approx) Protestant
  • Population statistics of Catholic Churches are based on The Pontifical year Book. For others, verifiable statistical information is not available.

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