Thrissur, November 09: Eight-day-long holy Synod of the Church of the East will be held here, for the first time in India, from January 13 next year.
The global head of the Church of the East, Catholicos Patriarch, Mar Maran Dinkha IV, would make his Apostolic visit to Kerala to coincide with the Synod, Dr Mar Aprem, Metropolitan and Chief of the Church of the East in India told reporters here today.
He said that 11 Bishops besides the Patriarch, would be participating in the Synod. This would be the first synod of the Church of the East to be held in India, Aprem said.
Bishops from America, Canada, Iraq, New Zealand and Australia would be attending the Synod, he added. The last Synod was held in Iraq in 2008.
–Agencies