Mor Dionysius I (Mar Thoma VI) +1808

Mor Dionysius I (Mar Thoma VI) +1808

April 8th is the anniversary of the demise of Mor Dionysius I (Mar Thoma VI) +1808.​ Mor Dionysius I was the Malankara Metropolitan until his demise, he was known as Dionysius the Great. He gave the Syriac Bible to Dr. Claudius Buchanan, which is now kept at Cambridge University, England. ​On 29th of May 1770, Mor Thoma VI was re-consecrated by the patriarchal delegates, Mor Gregorios Yuhannon & Mor Ivanios Yuhannon, with the title Dionysius & was invested with the cross & the crozier sent from Antioch for his predecessor. Thenceforth, the government of the Malankara Church was vested in Mor Dionysius I & Mor Ivanios Yuhannon (Patriarchal Delegate) conjointly, & Mor Gregorios Yuhannon retired to the church at Mattancheri built by Mor Baselios Shakralla Maphriyano.​ Mor Dionysius I departed to the heavenly abode on April 8th 1808. His mortal remains were interred in Puthencavu Syrian Church. Biography courtesy of Syriac Christianity website Oh Mor Dionysius I! Plead for us before God's throne of grace. Amen. http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/MorDionysiusI.htm