Kanisa Katoliki la Kisiria la Malabar

Mar Thoma Sliva, yaani Msalaba wa Mt. Thomas, ni ishara ya Kanisa la Kisiria la Malabar.

Kardinali Mar George Alencherry, askofu mkuu kabisa wa Kanisa hilo.

Kanisa la Mt. Maria huko Arakuzha, Kerala lilijengwa mwaka 999.

Undani wa kanisa mojawapo la Kerala, ukionyesha Patakatifu pa Patakatifu palipo msalaba wa Mtume Thoma uliofunikwa na kitambaa chekundu.

Kanisa Katoliki la Kisiria la Malabar ni mojawapo kati ya madhehebu ya Ukristo wa mashariki yenye ushirika kamili na Papa na Kanisa Katoliki lote.

Linafuata mapokeo ya Mesopotamia na kutumia liturujia ya Mesopotamia, lakini linapatikana hasa India na katika nchi mbalimbali ambapo waamini wake wamehamia, kama vile Marekani, ambako lina majimbo mawili, na Kanada, Australia na Britania ambako kuna jimbo mojamoja.

Kwa jumla lina waumini milioni 4-5, wakiongozwa na askofu mkuu kabisa wa Ernakulam-Angamaly na maaskofu wengine 63, mapadri 9,121 katika parokia 3,224.

Kanisa hilo ndiyo madhehebu kubwa kuliko yale yote yanayosisitiza kuwa yametokana na kazi ya Mtume Thoma.

Kati ya waamini wake, sista Mfransisko Alfonsa Matathupadathu alitangazwa mtakatifu na Papa Benedikto XVI tarehe 12 Oktoba 2008. Baada yake wametangazwa watakatifu wengine watatu: padri Kuriakose Elias Chavara na masista Roza Eluvathingal na Maria Teresa Chiramel.

Kwa sasa Kanisa hilo lina masista 35,000 hivi na mabruda 6,836.

Kalenda ya kiliturujia

Kanisa hilo lina kalenda maalumu kwa mwaka wa liturujia inayofuata mwendo wa historia ya wokovu na kiini chake kikiwa maisha ya Yesu. Majira ya pekee ni tisa:

1. Kupashwa habari (Suvara)
2. Kuzaliwa kwa Yesu
3. Epifania (Denha)
4. Mfungo Mkuu (Sawma Rabba)
5. Ufufuko (Qyamta)
6. Mitume (Slihe)
7. Majira ya joto (Qaita)
8. Eliya-Msalaba-Mose (Elijah-Sliba-Muse)
9. Kutabarukiwa kwa Kanisa (Qudas-Edta)

Marejeo

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• Fr. tr. De Glen, Histoire Orientale etc. (Brussels, 1609); DU JARRIC.
• Thesaurus rerum mirabilium in India Orient (3 vols., Cologne, 1615).
• India Orientalis Christiana (Rome, 1794).
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• Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archived 30 Novemba 2020 at the Wayback Machine.
• Archdiocese of Tellicherry
• The website for Synod of Diamper
• Indian Christianity : Books by Geddes, Mackenzie, Medlycott, &c.
• Syro malabar mission in Chennai Archived 28 Novemba 2020 at the Wayback Machine.
• Syro Malabar Church in Australia
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• [1] Archived 5 Machi 2012 at the Wayback Machine. - Hati ya Papa Yohane Paulo II Orientale Lumen kuhusu Makanisa ya Mashariki
• Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium - Mkusanyo wa Sheria za Makanisa ya Mashariki (katika Kilatini pamoja na sehemu sambamba)
• Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Archived 25 Aprili 2009 at the Wayback Machine. - Hati ya Idara ya Papa kwa Makanisa ya Mashariki kuhusu liturujia
• Ujuzi wa msingi kuhusu Makanisa hayo Archived 17 Mei 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
• CNEWA Idara ya Papa inayosaidia Makanisa hayo Archived 9 Machi 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
• Sura ya Idara ya Papa kwa Makanisa hayo
• Takwimu za Makanisa hayo Archived 27 Juni 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

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