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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Retired - Bishop Emeritus
| honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] 'Thanono' Dr.
| name = Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos
| honorific_suffix = [[Metropolitan bishop|Bishop]] [[Emeritus]] of Malabar
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| church = [[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]]
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| see = [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East]]
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| term = 1985 — 2010
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| retired = 2010
| predecessor = [[Samuel Mor Philaxinos]]
| successor = [[Zacharias Mor Philoxenos]]
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| ordination = 1969 (Kassisso)
| ordained_by = [[Baselios Augen I]] Catholicose
| consecration = 12 September 1985
| consecrated_by = [[Baselios Paulose II]] Catholicos
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| rank = [[Metropolitan bishop|Valiya Metropolitan]]

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| birth_place = Pambady , [[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 = [[Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church]]
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'''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
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'''Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos''' (born '''John Jacob Elappanal'''; 5 December 1941 – 30 December 2015) was a [[Syriac Orthodox]] bishop. He was the Bishop Emeritus of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] Diocese.<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 (then Catholicose 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 Holy 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]] (one of the biggest churches in Malankara).

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]
* [http://www.viswasasamrakshakan.org viswasasamrakshakan.org]

{{Jacobite Syrian Christian Metropolitans}}

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