Dionysious V, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dionysious V

Malankara Metropolitan

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1833

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1909

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Dionysious V

  • Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II (Mar Dionysious V) (12 November 1833 – 11 July 1909) the Malankara Metropolitan, was born into the family of Pulikkottil (Kunnamkulam), a famous and important family in the annals of the history of Malankara Syrian Church.
  • He was a courageous, popular, spiritual leader, who guided his followers through one of the most difficult times in the history of Malankara Church.
  • He dedicated his life to the church.
  • Gifted by his integrity, and loyalty to the church he was even prepared to lay down his life for the church and its beliefs.
  • At a time when modern mode of transportation could not even be dreamed of, he crossed the seas, passed through dangerous and unfamiliar terrain, with toil and travail, he went up to Turkey to be ordained as a bishop by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.

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