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St. Gregorios Thirumeni and the forefathers of the present day “Metran Kakshis” pledgedon the H. Gospel that they shall never depart from the obedience to the Holy throne ofAntioch. How can their latter generations who have broken this pledge claim any relationshipwith St. Gregorious Thirumeni?On the next day, 17th Mithunam, 1876, the representatives of the Malankara church, who hadassembled at Mulanthuruthy representing the whole Malankara Church, submitted a "Sammathapathram" to His Holiness which included St. Gregorios also. The relevant parts of thesame are given below.Our forefathers including St. Gregorios pledged that " Neither they nor their children wouldever depart from their obedience towards the Holy throne and the commandments of Hisholiness ". In what way are the “Metran Kakshis” keeping this pledge? And if they havedeparted from this pledge, how can they claim St. Gregorios's legacy?The parishioners of the Mulanthuruthy Church submitted a registered deed to His Holiness. St.Gregorios was a part of this process being a member of Mulanthuruthy Church. This deed wasregistered at the Ernakulam Registrar's Office on Chingam 7th, 1876. The relevant parts fromthat deed are as given below.

The Mulanthuruthy parishioners, St. Gregorios being one of them, submitted a deed andmentioned clearly therein that “They will obey the commands of The Patriarch of Antiochand the person appointed by the Patriarch ". They also pledged “If anyone departs from hisobedience to the Patriarch of Antioch and the faith of the Jacobite Church, such a personhas to pay a penalty of 100 rupees and go out of the Church without any claim ". How can“Metran Kakshis”, who consider themselves independent of the Holy Throne and have had atradition of having always rebelled against the person appointed by the Patriarch claim thatSt.Parumala Thirumeni is theirs and that his legacy belongs to them ?On the same day, the shrine and two rooms at Vettikkal and the adjoining land belonging toMulanthuruthy Church was donated to His Holiness, The Patriarch by the parishioners ofMulanthuruthy Church. The title deed was also registered on the same day. The Title deed of theSt. Thomas dayara at Vetikkal, which was found by St. Gregorios and which was sanctified byhis long stay in this Dayara is as shown below..

We request the “Metran Kakshis” to go through the highlighted parts of the title deed. The landand the rooms were donated to His Holiness and it has been mentioned in the deed that His

Holiness is free to use it in the way he deems it good. When the title deed is so clear about thepurpose for which this land and the building at Vettikkal were donated by the MulanthuruthyParishioners, how can they continue to occupy this Holy place shamelessly and at the same timebad mouth His Holiness, the Patriarch ?“Metran Kakshis” have mastered the art of lying and cooking up false stories by misinterpretingfacts and events from history. They need to do this in order to justify all that they have done inthe last 100 years. What more can we expect from the members of a church which was born outof deception and sustained in deception. Lie is the foundation of the Metran kakshi church andits walls are built with tracheary and deception.Recent times, we are seeing new Metran kakshi his-storians misinterpreting facts and claimingthat St. Gregorios was in fact a spokesperson for the autocephaly of the Malankara church as“Metran Kakshis” define autocephaly. They go to the extent to claim that St. Gregorios wasacting against the wishes of the Patriarch and supported Pulikottil thirumeni against thePatriarch. It is also just a part of the deception which comes so naturally to “Metran Kakshis”.We see that right from the time of His Holiness's arrival in Malankara, St. Gregorios was alwayswith him. He acted in the capacity of the secretary to His Holiness. We also see that St.Gregorios was selected to translate al Kalpanas of His Holiness to Malayalam from Syriac. Evenafter having been ordained as a Metropolitan, we see St. Gregorios following His Holinesseverywhere and always with him. There is one particular incident worth mentioning.After ordaining four Metropolitans, His Holiness decided to ordain two more people. But somelay leaders objected to this. His holiness felt that Mor Divannasios was behind this, got angry (HH Petros III had a terrible temper but at the same time a soft heart ) and commanded him not tobe part of the synod proceedings hereafter. Mor Divannasios accepted this command of HisHoliness and travelled to the south. “Metran Kakshis” project this minor incident as a rebellionagainst His Holiness by Mor Divannasios.If in fact, St. Gregorios was acting against the Patriarch and in support of Mor Divannasios, hewould have accompanied Mor Divannasios. We cannot dream that a saint like St. Gregorioswould act against his conscience for momentary gain. It is not only that he did not act against HisHoliness, on the contrary we see him in the company of His Holiness always.It was Mor Divannasios who went to meet the other Metropolitans in Vettikkal dayara on hisreturn from Mumbai. It was there that any differences which if existed were sorted out and all theMetropolitans decided to work in unision.In his whole life, there is no one instant where St.Gregorios acted against His Holiness. But stillpeople who have lost their senses in their greed claim on the contrary. The Shalmoosa of St.Gregorios is a slap on the face of those who claim his legacy but at the same time break everypledge that St. Gregorios stood for.Let us just quote the relevant parts of the shalmoosa.. The full Shalmoosa can be read by clickingon the below link.

http://syrianchurch.org/StGG/salmusa_StGregorios.pdfThe relevant parts are..and again..

Let the above part open the eyes of Metran Kakhsis. St. Gregorios has clearly mentioned what isto befall not only those who rebel agaisnt the church and its Head but also those who encourageothers to do so. Can Metran Kakshis still claim the legacy of St. Gregorios ?Lastly, let us see what the title deed of the land donated to Parumala Seminary by Mr.Areekapurathu Mathen says.

The land was donated to the Metropolitan of Malayalam , Joseph Mor Divannasios, who wasordained by the Patriarch, was always submitted to the Patriarch and never thought himself to behead of an independent autocephalous church and to be used for " the benefit of the Syrianchristians who are obedient to His Holiness the Patriarch reigning on the Throne ofAntioch ".Is this the case in Parumala ? Is the seminary and the property so got being used for the benefit ofthose owing allegiance to the Holy Throne of Antioch? How can people badmouthing HisHoliness the Patriarch at every opportunity and encouraging rebellion against the Holy throne,claim something which was donated as mentioned above?From all the records available and the biography of St. Gregorios, he can be anything but a partof Metran Kakshi Church. The sad fact is that, the very people who are acting against the faith ofSt. Gregorios are clinging onto the legacy of St. Gregorios.Liers and hypocrites !!Hope someday the “Metran Kakshis” will see reason and repent for having broken the pledge ofSt. Gregorios and their forefathers. May God guide them!