Zacharias Aprem

Zacharias Mar Aprem
Zacharias Mar Aprem
Church	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Diocese	Adoor Kadampanad Orthodox Diocese
In office	2010–present
Orders
Ordination	12 May 2010 by Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I
Personal details
Born	(1966-03-11) 11 March 1966 (age 55) Chungathara, Kerala
Parents

Zacharias Mar Aprem (born 11 March 1966) is a bishop in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He is the current diocesan metropolitan of the Adoor Kadampanad Orthodox Diocese and assistant metropolitan of the Southwest American Diocese.

Childhood[]

Zacharias Mar Aprem was born on March 11th, 1966 to Mr. E K Kuriakose and Mrs. Sossama Kuriakose. He is a member of St. George Valiyapally, Chungathara, Malabar Diocese (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)

Education[]

He obtained his B.Sc degree from Malabar Christian College (Calicut University). His B.Div degree is from Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. His M.Th degree is from Gurukul College (Serampore University). His D.Th degree (Advaita Vedanta) is from SATHRI, Bangalore, the Doctoral Research Institute of Serampore University.

Priesthood[]

He was ordained subdeacon on June 5th, 1990 at Parumala Church. He was then ordained a deacon on March 14th, 1992 at St. George Church in Korzhikodu. He was ordained a priest on March 25th 1992 at St. George Church in Chungathara by . The parishes in which Fr. Zacharias served as vicar are:

St. George Cathedral, Korzikodu,

St. Thomas Bangalore,

St. Gregorios Salem,

Mar Gregorios Nilambur,

St. Marys Akampadam,

St. Stephans Karapurum,

St. Mary's Shornur,

St. Thomas Nattassery,

Mar Baselios and Mar Gregorios Thazathangadi.

He held the positions of Registrar, Orthodox Seminary, Principal Secretary to the Catholicos, Chief Editor of Malankara Sabha Magazine, Member Ecumenical Relations Committee, Seminary Governing Board, Bible Society (kerala auxiliary). As of 2013, he was a professor at Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam .^[1]

Metropolitan[]

In February 2010, the met at Shasthamkotta and elected Zacharias along with six others to become bishops.The Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East Baselios Thoma Didymos I, professed Fr. Zacharias as Ramban-priest on March 21st, 2010. He was ordained as bishop by Didymos I on May 12th, 2010 at Mar Elia Cathedral, Kottayam.^[2] On September 17th, 2017, Aprem was appointed as Assistant Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website of Malankara Orthodox Church