Qooberneeyto Hakeemo Mor Clemis Abraham | Tribute | St. Mary's Knanaya Church | 2017

Mor Clemis Abraham was born in the Vayala family at Vaikom, a suburb of Ranni, on April 22, 1918 to Idiculla Kochidiculla of Vayala family and Pennamma of Aythala Kalarickal family as the fifth of their nine children.
Mor Clemis was a stalwart of the ecumenical movement in Kerala and was widely respected by all Christian denominations. In 1983 when communal harmony in Kerala was vitiated by the Nilackal episode, Mor Clemis along with Benedict Mar Gregorius of the Malankara Catholic Church worked out a compromise among the different communities which restored amity amongst them.
In 1982, HH Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I conferred the title Qooberneeyto Hakeemo (wise captain) on Mor Clemis in recognition of his staunch leadership of the Knanaya diocese and in 1989 the title Great Metropolitan of the East. In 1997, Mor Clemis celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination in a gathering presided by then Vice President of India K.R. Narayanan. The golden jubilee of his consecration was celebrated on April 9, 2002 in the presence of HH Patriarch Zakka I.
Mor Clemis passed away at the Lissie Hospital in Ernakulam on September 29, 2002 at 11:30 pm. At the time of his departure, Mor Clemis was the senior most Metropolitan of the Syriac Orthodox Church all over the world and the longest serving bishop in the history of the Malankara Church. His mortal remains were interred in the Mor Aphrem church at the St. John's Dayro, Chingavanam on October 1, 2002 after funeral rites officiated by HB Catholicos Mor Baselius Thomas I, Mor Yulius Yeshu` Çiçek of Europe, and other Metropolitans of Malankara.
presented by
St. Mary’s Knanaya Church, Sharjah & Knanaya Youth Association (KYA)
thanks
Vicar & Managing Committee
St. Mary’s Knanaya Church, Sharjah, UAE
chants: Fr. SAJAN C. ALEX | concept: TIMS THOMAS
choir: AJI CHERIAN, ELIAS BINU KURIAN, JIBIN BABY, TONY MATHEW
SHYLA LALAN, PRINCY ELIAS, SARA ALEX, SARA MANU, TANAYA SAJU
music, mix & master: SAM THOMAS
studios: MOUNT TABOR RECORDS | video: JOMON JOSEPH, hanan studio, UAE
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