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{{Short description|Indian Syriac Orthodox bishop (1941-2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Retired - Bishop Emeritus
| honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] 'Thanono' Dr.
| name = Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon
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| title = Malankara Metropolitan
| image = Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon.png
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| church = [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] ([[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Malankara Jacobite Church]])
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| elected = 
| term = 1999 - 2002
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| predecessor = [[Geevarghese Gregorios of Perumpally|Mor Geevarghese Gregorios]]
| successor = [[Baselios Thomas I]]
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| ordination = 1969 (Kassisso)
| ordained_by = [[Baselios Augen I]] Catholicos
| consecration = 12 September 1985
| consecrated_by = [[Baselios Paulose II]] Catholicos
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| rank = [[Metropolitan bishop|Valiya Metropolitan]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|12|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pampady]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|12|30|1941|12|5|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kalpatta]], [[Wayanad]], Kerala, India
| buried = St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Simhasna Cathedral Pampady, [[Kottayam]]
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| religion = [[Oriental Orthodox]]
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| education = '''B.A''' from Baselios College, Kottayam, 
'''M.A''' from [[Sri Venkateswara University]], 
'''G.S.T.''' from [[Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam]], 
'''S.T.M''' from [[New York Theological Seminary]], 
'''TH.D.''' from Logos Graduate School of Theology [[New York City|New York]], 
'''D.D''' from Orlando International Seminary, [[Florida]] 
'''C.P.E''' (Clinical Pastoral Education), [[New York City|New York]] 
'''Hindi Bhooshan''' ,'''Hindi Praveen''' for [[Hindi]] Language
| alma_mater = [[Sri Venkateswara University]]
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| successor = [[Zacharias Mor Philoxenos]]
| predecessor = [[Samuel Mor Philaxinos]]
| title = Metropolitan of Malabar
| diocese = Malabar Diocese
| term = 1985 - 2010
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'''Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon''' (born '''John Jacob Elappanal'''; 5 December 1941 – 30 December 2015) was a [[Syriac Orthodox]] bishop who served as the 24th [[Malankara Metropolitan]] of the [[Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]] from 1999 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hymonutho |url=https://archive.org/details/malankara-metropolitias |title=Malankara Metropolitias Of Syriac Orthodox Church in India |date=2021-03-18}}</ref> He also served as the Bishop of Malabar Diocese of the [[Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]] from 1985 to 2008.<ref name=toi>{{cite news|title=Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos passes away|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Yuhanon-Mor-Philoxenos-passes-away/articleshow/50390116.cms|access-date=1 January 2016|work=[[Times of India]]|date=31 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Metropolitan passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/metropolitan-passes-away/article8047602.ece |work=The Hindu |date=31 December 2015 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
[[File:Tomb of H.E Yuhannon Mor Phelexinos Valiya Thirumeni.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tomb of Yuhanon Mor Philexinos]]

==Early years==
John Jacob was born to the ''Elappanal'' Family of [[Pampady]] on 5 December 1941. In 1964, at the age of 23, he was ordained ''deacon'' by Mor Philaxinos Poulose (later Catholicos Mor [[Baselios Paulose II]]) during his rebellious Antiochian Movement, and ''Kassisho'' in 1969 by Mor [[Baselios Augen I]].

== Education ==

Jacob had his primary and high school education at Pampady. Later, he joined Baselios College ([[Kottayam]]) where he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[economics]]. After that he obtained an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in economics from [[Sri Venkateswara University]] ([[Thirupathi]]). His basic theological training was at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in [[Kottayam]]. Mor [[Athanasius Yeshue Samuel]], Archbishop of Canada, sponsored Jacob for his higher studies in the [[United States]]. Jacob joined the [[New York Theological Seminary]] and obtained his [[Master of Sacred Theology|STM]] degree. Subsequently, he took his [[Doctor of Theology|Th.D.]] degree from ''Logos Graduate School of Theology'' in [[New York City]] and [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] degree from ''Orlando International Seminary'' in [[Florida]]. Mor Philoxenos is the only bishop in [[Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church]] with two doctorates. He also completed a ''Clinical Pastoral Education'' in New York. After becoming a bishop, Mor Philoxenos continued studying and joined ''[[Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha]]'', a deemed university and center of excellence under Govt. of India, and secured ''Hindi Bhooshan'' and ''Hindi Praveen''.

== As priest ==
When Jacob was studying in the USA, he served as the [[vicar]] in many Jacobite churches in Staten Island, Manhattan, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Augusta. He also performed volunteer work for the [[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]].

== As metropolitan ==

After 17 January 1985, when the Metropolitan of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] Diocese, [[Samuel Mor Philaxinos]], died, the Holy Episcopal Synod selected Jacob as the new metropolitan to the diocese. On 12 September 1985 Mor [[Baselios Paulose II]] consecrated Jacob as the new metropolitan of Malabar, with the name Mor Philoxenos, at St Peter's & St Paul's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral in [[Meenangadi]].

The history of the Malabar Diocese is closely related to Yuhanon Mor Philexinos. When Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos took charge of Malabar, the Diocese area was in a high state of deterioration. He therefore co-ordinated the works in the diocese and constructed many new churches throughout the diocese. A lot of them are built in Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu, Kozhikode and Malappuram Districts of Kerala.

Mor Philoxenos Yuhanon started institutions including:

*Mor Alias Snehabhavan
*Mor Philoxenos Memorial Press
*Mor Gregorios Teachers Training College
*St. Peter's & St. Paul's EHS School
*Aramana Chapel
*Mor Basil Day Care
*Mor Philoxenos Foundation
*The present Bishop's Palace
[[File:PampadyChurch.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Resting Place and Parish of Yuhanon Mor Philexinos]]

==See also==

*[[Syriac Orthodox Church]]
*[[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.syriacchristianity.org syriacchristianity.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518092737/http://www.syrianchurch.org/ |date=18 May 2012 }}
* [http://www.viswasasamrakshakan.org viswasasamrakshakan.org]

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| before = [[Geevarghese Gregorios of Perumpally|Geevarghese Gregorios]] 1996-1999
| title = [[Malankara Metropolitan|Metropolitan Trustee]] of [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]]
| years = 1999-2002
| after = [[Baselios Thomas I]] 2002-2019
}}
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