History
St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral is the first place of worship for the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Delhi. The beginning of the parish was in 1942 by forming a congregation by father Mathews, later Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II. The parish was constituted in 1952 and the first vicar was father K C Thomas who later became Thomas Mar Makarios. When the parish created, it was under the Diocese of Outside Kerala with Alexios Mar Theodosios as its Metropolitan. When Delhi Diocese was formed in 1975, St. Mary's Orthodox Church was the principal church of the diocese and functioned as the Diocesan Headquarters. When the Delhi Orthodox Centre started in 1984, the Diocesan Headquarters was shifted to the Delhi Orthodox Centre.
The parish celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the setting up of the Delhi parish recently.
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