Head of one of world’s oldest churches dies, funeral to be streamed live


PETALING JAYA: Most Rev Dr Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the supreme head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Church in India, one of the oldest churches in the world, passed away Sunday (Oct 18). He was 89.

Thirumeni, as bishops are addressed in Malayalam, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in in Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta for pancreatic cancer the last two weeks.

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