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	'''Thomas Mar Makarios''' (born 26 May 1926 in [[India]] and died on 23 Feb 2008 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne\|Newcastle]], [[England]]) was the founder of the [[diocese]] of the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] of the [[Malankara Orthodox Church]].<ref>[http://www.neamericandiocese.org/diocese/his-grace-dr-thomas-mar-makarios.aspx His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios]</ref>		'''Thomas Mar Makarios''' (born 26 May 1926 in [[India]] and died on 23 Feb 2008 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne\|Newcastle]], [[England]]) was the founder of the [[diocese]] of the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] of the [[Malankara Orthodox Church]]<ref>[http://www.neamericandiocese.org/diocese/his-grace-dr-thomas-mar-makarios.aspx His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios]</ref> and the first metropolitan of the UK, Europe , Africa diocese , the diocese of the United States and Canada and the Diocese of Bombay .

	Makarios began his career as a school teacher in India, resigning this position to study [[theology]]. He was ordained a priest in 1952, and was appointed first vicar of the Malankara Orthodox Church in [[New Delhi]]. In 1963 he entered the United States to study for an advanced degree, receiving a Master's in religion from [[Virginia Theological Seminary]], and a doctorate in theology from [[Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education\|Union Theological Seminary]] of [[Richmond, Virginia]].		Makarios began his career as a school teacher in India, resigning this position to study [[theology]]. He was ordained a priest in 1952, and was appointed first vicar of the Malankara Orthodox Church in [[New Delhi]]. In 1963 he entered the United States to study for an advanced degree, receiving a Master's in religion from [[Virginia Theological Seminary]], and a doctorate in theology from [[Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education\|Union Theological Seminary]] of [[Richmond, Virginia]].

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'''Thomas Mar Makarios''' (born 26 May 1926 in [[India]] and died on 23 Feb 2008 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[England]]) was the founder of the [[diocese]] of the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] of the [[Malankara Orthodox Church]].<ref>[http://www.neamericandiocese.org/diocese/his-grace-dr-thomas-mar-makarios.aspx His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios]</ref>

Makarios began his career as a school teacher in India, resigning this position to study [[theology]]. He was ordained a priest in 1952, and was appointed first vicar of the Malankara Orthodox Church in [[New Delhi]]. In 1963 he entered the United States to study for an advanced degree, receiving a Master's in religion from [[Virginia Theological Seminary]], and a doctorate in theology from [[Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education|Union Theological Seminary]] of [[Richmond, Virginia]].

Upon returning to India he was appointed a Professor of church history at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in [[Kottayam]]. He was elevated to [[bishop]] in 1975 and appointed the first Metropolitan Bishop of the new [[Bombay]] Diocese.

Indian Christians who had settled in the United States applied for support for their religious efforts in the 1970s, and in 1979 Bishop Makarios moved to [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in 1980 consecrating the first parish church of the new diocese, St. George Malankara Orthodox Church, in the [[New Dorp Beach]] section of Staten Island. This was followed by the consecration of an additional 74 parishes in the diocese by the bishop.

From 1983 until his death, he was a visiting professor of religious studies at [[Alma College]] in [[Alma, Michigan]].

Bishop Makarios later headed the Diocese of the United Kingdom and Europe. While making an annual pastoral visit to parishes in England he was injured in a traffic accident on 5 January 2008, dying of his injuries seven weeks later.

==See also==
* [[Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Northeast America]]
* [[UK, Europe and Africa Malankara Orthodox Diocese]]

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