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TheKonkani Orthodox Church is a split faction from theCatholic Church in India, founded by BishopAntonio Francisco Xavier Alvares in 1889. Thecathedral is situated atBrahmavar, inUdipi,Carnataca, India.[1]
Earlier, as apresbyter, Anton Francis Alvares wasexcommunicated from the Catholic Church, stripped naked & paraded through the streets.[2] He left the church with some hundreds of Catholic Christian families in what wasPortuguese Goa; to join theMalankara Orthodox Syrian Church inBritish India. Eventually, after Alvares died, this Brahmavar (Konkani) community had come into existence since then as a part of theIndian Orthodox Church. The church uses the Tridentine Mass, in Konkani, although, in recent years, part of the liturgy has been West Syrianised, with use of theWest Syriac Rite 3 times out of 4 in a month when it comes to Sundays.[3]
Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares was ordained as the first Orthodox Metropolitan of Goa, Bombay, Ceylon and Greater India in 1889 AD. byPaulose Mar Athanasius andGeevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala at theOrthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam in the state of Kerala (Malabar region).
Presently, they are under theBrahmavar diocese[4] ofMalankara (Indian) Orthodox Church.
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