Syriac Christianity - Churches of The Syriac Tradition

Churches of The Syriac Tradition

• West Syrian Rite
  • The Syriac Orthodox Church (Non-Chalcedonian Oriental Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East)
    • • The Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church; (Non-Chalcedonian Oriental Orthodox Church of India within the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate)
    • The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Autocephalous; Non-Chalcedonian Oriental Orthodox Church of India)
  • The West Syrian Rite Churches under the Catholic Church
    • • The Syriac Catholic Church, a West Syrian Rite Eastern Catholic church.
      • The Maronite Church, a West Syrian Rite Eastern Catholic Church.
      • The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, a West Syrian Rite Eastern Catholic Church based in Kerala, India.
    • The Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church.(Mar Thoma Church), an Eastern Oriental church based in Kerala, India. Mar Thoma church is in communion with the Anglican Church.
    • The Malabar Independent Syrian Church(Thozhiyur church), an independent church based in Kerala, India. Thozhiyur church is in communion with the Mar Thoma Church.

• East Syrian Rite

• • Church of the East, or Nestorian Church, once widely spread through Asia
    • The Assyrian Church of the East, the continuation of the Church of the East, which emerged from the split with the Chaldean Church in the 16th century
      • The Ancient Church of the East, split from the Assyrian Church of the East in the 1960s
    • The East Syrian Rite Churches under the Catholic Church
      • The Chaldean Catholic Church, an East Syrian Rite Eastern Catholic Church, emerged from the Church of the East following the split with the Assyrian Church in the 16th century
      • The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an East Syrian Rite Eastern Catholic Church based in Kerala, India

Assyrian Christians were involved in the mission to India, and many of the ancient churches of India are in communion with their Syriac cousins. These Indian Christians are known as Saint Thomas Christians.

In modern times, various Evangelical denominations began to send representatives among the Syriac peoples. As a result, several Evangelical groups, including the "Assyrian Pentecostal Church" (most in America, Iran, and Iraq) have been established. However, due to their recent historical origin, such groups and others are not normally classified among those Eastern Churches to which the term "Syriac Christianity" is traditionally applied.