The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church is part of the Syriac Orthodox Church, located in Kerala, India. It recognizes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, currently H.H Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, as its supreme head. It functions as a largely autonomous archdiocese within the church, under the authority of the Catholicose of India, currently H.B Baselios Thomas I. Its members are part of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century
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Founder : JESUS CHRIST
Independence : Apostolic Era
Recognition : Oriental Orthodox
Primate : H.H Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Headquarters : Damascus, Syria
Territory : Universal
Possessions : India, Middle East, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, North America
Language : Syriac,Malayalam, English
Adherents : 4 million
