Titus I Thoma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian bishop
Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1843
Place of Birth: Maramon, Kerala, India
Date of Death: 20-Oct-1909
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Titus I Thoma
- Titus I Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Mar Thoma XV) (20 February 1843 – 20 October 1909) was known as Thithoos Mar Thoma Metropolitan (Thithoos is Aramaic and Malayalam) was the first Marthoma Metropolitan (1893–1909) after the formation of the Marthoma Syrian church. The small state of Kerala is on the South Western coast of India.
- In the 1st century, Thomas the Apostle arrived there to preach the gospel to the Jewish community.
- Some local residents became followers of Jesus of Nazareth; they were known as Nasrani people and their church as the Malankara Church.
- They followed a unique Hebrew-Syriac Christian tradition which included several Jewish elements and Indian customs.The Reformist faction split from the Malankara Syrian Church.
- Thithoos Mar Thoma was the Metropolitan of the Reformist faction, which later chose the name Marthoma Syrian Church of Malabar, now popularly known as the Mar Thoma Church.
- This church remained completely independent.
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