Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma | 29 Jun 2020

India has celebrated the 90^th birthday of Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma, a reverend father and distinguished member of Mar Thoma Church.

He is the current Marthoma Metropolitan (higher rank of Bishop) of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
The Mar Thoma Church is closely linked with the noble ideals of Saint Thomas, the Apostle (each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ) of Lord Christ.

The Mar Thoma Church is also known also as the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar.
It was founded by Saint Thomas (Mar Thoma), one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ, and known by the name of the Apostle, in the year AD 52.
Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar is one of the oldest denominations of Christianity.
It is an autonomous Oriental Indian church headquartered at Thiruvalla, Kerala, India, which has over 1.6 million followers across the globe.
Oriental Indian churches: The Oriental Orthodox Churches are a group of Christian churches adhering to the ideology that Jesus is a one person in two nature's i.e. divine and human.