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About Gabriel Mar Gregorios
- Gabriel Mar Gregorios (born 26 February 1949) is Metropolitan of the Diocese of Thiruvananthapuram of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church . He was born Kanjickal John Gabriel, the third son of Chacko John (Kanjickal, Thumpamon) and Aleyamma (Mulamoottil, Kudassanad).
- His early education was at St.
- Stephen's High School, in Pathanapuram .
- He studied English literature at Baselios College, Kottayam before completing his theological studies at the M.D.
- Seminary in Kottayam and at Serampore University.
- Later he received a master's degree in New Testament Studies from the Institut Catholique de Paris.
- He did research work on the epistles of Saint Paul at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and post-doctoral research at Cambridge University. Gabriel was ordained deacon on 4 November 1969 and as priest on 8 February 1974.
- He was vicar of various parishes in Bombay, Delhi, Kottayam, and Trivandrum dioceses for over thirty years.
- He was Registrar and Director of F.F.R.R.D.
- and competently represented the Indian Orthodox Church at ecumenical organizations such as the Orthodox-Marthoma Dialogue Forum, the Orthodox-Lutheran Dialogue Forum, the Bible Society Kerala Auxiliary Committee, and the Theological Literature Forum.
- He is a Fellow of the George Bell Institute, England and a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam since 1982.
- In addition he is an Administrative Committee Member of Serampore University.
- He has authored many theological books, including Towards a New Humanity, Towards the Grace of God, and Cross and Grace. Gabriel was consecrated as Metropolitan by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St.
- Thomas and Malankara Metropolitan, Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews II, at the Parumala St.
- Peter and St.
- Paul Seminary Church on 5 March 2005.
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