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{{Short description|Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Angamali, India}}
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| type = Valiya Metropolitan
| honorific_prefix = [[His Grace]] [[Mar (title)|Mor]]
| name = Dr. Severios Abraham
| honorific_suffix = [[Metropolitan bishop|Valiya Metropolitan]]
| title = Valiya Metropolitan of Angamali
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| native_name = [[Malayalam|അബ്രാഹം മോർ സേവേറിയോസ്]]
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| church = [[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church|Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]]
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| successor = [[Mor Anthimos Mathews]]
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| other_post = [[Monastery|Abbot of Dayro d-Mor Gabriel]]
| ordination = 1965 (Kassisso)
| ordained_by = Mor Gregorios Geevarghese, Vayaliparambil
| consecration = 6 March 1982
| consecrated_by = [[Patriarch]] [[Ignatius Zakka I]] & [[Catholicos]] [[Baselios Paulose II]]
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| rank = [[Metropolitan bishop|Valiya Metropolitan]]
| birth_name = Abraham Alukkal
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| birth_place = [[Angamaly]], [[Kerala]]
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'''Mor Severios Abraham''' or '''Abraham Mor Severios ('''born '''Abraham Alukkal;''' 12 July 1941) is an Indian [[Prelate]], who is the '''Valiya Metropolitan''' '''of Angamali''' and '''Abbot of Dayro d-Mor Gabriel''' (Monastery of Mor Gabriel). He is the most senior Metropolitan in the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church.

==Early years==

Abraham Alukkal was born as member of the Alukkal family in Peechanikkad, [[Ankamali]] on 12 July 1941. In 1965 he was ordained deacon by Mor Gregorios Geevarghese Vayaliparambil of Ankamali. In the same year he was ordained by Mor Gregorios as '[[Kasheesho|Kasshisso]]'.

== Education ==

He graduated from Community College, Chicago and completed his theological studies from [[Russian Leningrad Theological Academy]] and Theological College at [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford|Wycliffe Hall]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He obtained his [[Doctor of Theology|Th.D.]] degree from [[California Miramar University|Pacific Western University]] ([[California]]). Abraham served as the [[vicar]] of St. Peter's Church in Chicago under Archbishop Mor [[Athanasius Yeshue Samuel]] from 1979 to 1981. Before this, he was at the [[Thrikkunnathu Seminary]] in [[Aluva]]. In 1982, the Ankamali Diocesan Council, held under Dionysius Thomas (Aboon Mor [[Baselios Thomas I]]), chose Abraham as the Assistant Metropolitan of the Diocese.

== Ordination ==

Abraham was ordained metropolitan in the name '''Mor Severios''' on 6 March 1982, in a ceremony presided by Mor [[Ignatius Zakka I Iwas]] and assisted by the Catholicose Aboon Mor [[Baselios Paulose II]] at the [[Marthoma Jacobite Syrian Cheriyapally, Kothamangalam|Marthoman Cheriapally]], Kothamangalam. Mor Severios Abraham is the only prelate ordained by Patriarch Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas in Malankara.

== Charity works ==

After assuming charge as the auxiliary bishop of Ankamali Diocese, Abraham Mor Severios commenced many charity programs. He founded the Guardian Angel Institution in 1985. A list of few institutions started by Severios are:

*Guardian Angel Retirement Home, (1984) Kilikulam, Airapuram PO.
*Bethsada Destitute Home for the Dying, Vengola.
*Yeldho Mor Baselios orphanage, Kothamangalam.
*Bethsaida Public School, Vengola.
*Bethsaida Junior school, Kilikulam.
*Bethsaida Mental Health Center, Vengola (1993).
*Peace mission, Nedumbassery.
*Mor Gabriel Dayro (Monastery).

== Responsibilities ==
{{As of|2013}}:
*Abbot of Mor Gabriel Dayaro, Vengola
*Metropolitan of Ankamali Region of Ankamali Diocese

==See also==

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

== References ==
[http://www.jacobitesyrianchurch.org Jacobite Syrian Church]
# www.syriacchristianity.org
# www.lightoflife.com
# Souvenir published by Ankamali Diocese

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Hayaat at 18:55, 16 December 2025