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	==Other positions==		==Other positions==
	He was the member of [[Faith and Order Commission]] of the [[World Council of Churches]]. He was a faculty member of the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. His knowledge in Old Testament and way of interpreting the theological aspects on Holy Trinity is worth mentioning. President of the Mission Board of the Indian Orthodox Church and the Director of St. Paul's Mission Training Centre, Mavelikara. He is the founder of a good number of charitable programmes, mission centers and institutions which include Marriage Assistance Foundation, Sick Aid Foundation, Save A Heart Foundation, House Building Aid Fund, Mission Training Centre, M.G.D Ashram Balabhavan Karunagiri, St. Paul's Asram Puthuppady, Haripad Mission Centre, Yacharam St. Gregorios Balagram, Bethanya Bhavan, St. George Balikagram Pune, etc.		He was the member of [[Faith and Order Commission]] of the [[World Council of Churches]]. He was a faculty member of the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. His knowledge in Old Testament and way of interpreting the theological aspects on Holy Trinity is worth mentioning. President of the Mission Board of the Indian Orthodox Church and the Director of St. Paul's Mission Training Centre, Mavelikara. He is the founder of a good number of charitable programmes, mission centers and institutions which include Marriage Assistance Foundation, Sick Aid Foundation, Save A Heart Foundation, House Building Aid Fund, Mission Training Centre, M.G.D Ashram Balabhavan Karunagiri, St. Paul's Asram Puthuppady, Haripad Mission Centre, Yacharam St. Gregorios Balagram, Bethanya Bhavan, St. George Balikagram Pune, etc.

			==Distinctions==
			===Orders===
			In 1967 September, while visiting [[Russian Orthodox Church]] as part of a delegation from Malankara Orthodox Church, he was awarded the [[Order of Saint Vladimir]] by [[Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Didymos I\|first=Baselios Marthoma \|date=2019 \|title=റഷ്യൻ ഓർത്തഡോസ് സഭാ സന്ദർശന യാത്രാവിവരണം\|trans-title=Travelogue of Russian Orthodox Church Visit \|chapter=സമ്മാനവും സൽക്കാരവും\| trans-chapter= Award and Banquet\| language= ml \|location= Kottayam, India \|publisher= M. O. C. Publications \|pages=90}}</ref>

	==Publications==		==Publications==

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'''Geevarghese Mar Osthathios''' (9 December 1917 – 16 February 2012) was a senior bishop of the [[Indian Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/article40723.ece|title=Governor hails marriage aid scheme of church|date=30 October 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=14 May 2010}}</ref> He was the metropolitan of the [[Niranam]] diocese from1975–2007. He was a theologian, orator and writer. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geevarghese-mar-osthathios-passes-away/231150-60-116.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220024126/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/geevarghese-mar-osthathios-passes-away/231150-60-116.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-02-20 |title=Geevarghese Mar Osthathios passes away - South India - Kerala - ibnlive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref>

==Childhood and Education==
He was born on 9 December 1917 to Kochitty and Mariamma Kochitty of Mundolil family in Mavelikara. He obtained his B.D from Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, M.A from [[Drew University]] in [[Madison, New Jersey]] and his S.T.M from Union Seminary, Bangalore.

==Priesthood==
He received the order of Korooyo (reader) from Metropolitan [[Baselios Augen I|Augen Mar Timotheos]] on 9 August 1947 and his priesthood from [[Baselios Geevarghese II]], Catholicos on 10 May 1956. He was nominated to the post of Metropolitan by the Malankara Association which met at [[Niranam]] on 2 October 1974. Metropolitan Daniel Mar Philexinos ordained him as a Ramban at St. Mary's Cathedral Puthencavu. He was consecrated as a bishop by [[Baselios Augen I]], Catholicos of the East on 16 February 1975 at Niranam Valiya Palli. He was appointed as the Metropolitan of the Niranam Diocese on 1 April 1975. He died on February 16, 2012.

==Other positions==
He was the member of [[Faith and Order Commission]] of the [[World Council of Churches]]. He was a faculty member of the Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. His knowledge in Old Testament and way of interpreting the theological aspects on Holy Trinity is worth mentioning. President of the Mission Board of the Indian Orthodox Church and the Director of St. Paul's Mission Training Centre, Mavelikara. He is the founder of a good number of charitable programmes, mission centers and institutions which include Marriage Assistance Foundation, Sick Aid Foundation, Save A Heart Foundation, House Building Aid Fund, Mission Training Centre, M.G.D Ashram Balabhavan Karunagiri, St. Paul's Asram Puthuppady, Haripad Mission Centre, Yacharam St. Gregorios Balagram, Bethanya Bhavan, St. George Balikagram Pune, etc.

==Publications==
#Theology of a Classless Society {{ISBN|978-0-7188-2415-0}}
#Sharing God and a sharing world {{ISBN|81-7214-253-6}}
#The sin of being rich in a poor world: Holy Trinity and social justice

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[[Category:Leonard Theological College alumni]]