H G GEEVARGHESE MAR DIOSCOROS

                               H G GEEVARGHESE MAR DIOSCOROS

H G Geevarghese Mar Dioscoros was born on 12 October 1926, the youngest son of Kunjupappi and Achamma of the Thevervelil family in Kozhencherry .After completing Intermediate at Madurai American College in 1948, he joined the  Madras Christian College .He graduated from there in 1950 and took his Masters Degree in Sociology from the Bombay School of Economics. He was serving as the Secretary of the Co-operative Bank in Kozhenchery. While undergoing the officer's training course at the  Reserve Bank Of India, he had the divine call to join the ministry of God. He resigned from Reserve Bank and joined the Orthodox Theological Seminary at Kottayam  for studies in Divinity.

He was ordained as a deacon in April 1963, and as priest in 1964 by His Holiness  Geevarghese Catholicose II. In 1966, he went for higher studies in theology at Jerusalam. In 1970 he founded the Holy Trinity Ashram in  Ranni and opted to reside there.

In 1973 he became the diocesan Secretary of  Thumpamon . On 16 May 1977 the Malankara Association that met at Mavelikara elected him for the Episcopal order. He was consecrated as Episcopa Geevarghese Mar Dioscorus by His Holiness  Baselios Marthoma Mathews I, Catholicos of the East on 15 May 1978 at Pazhani Church. He became the first Episcopa of the newly formed Diocese of Thiruvananthapuram on 1 January 1979. On 28 February 1981 he was consecrated as a Metropolitan in the old Seminary Chapel. The Ranny Holy Trinity Ashram, the Ulloor Orthodox Church Centre, the Edamulaikal V.M.D.M Centre, the Sreekariyam Handicapped Children's Welfare Centre, and the Thiruvananthapuram Holy Trinity School and Convent are all the fruits of his endeavours. He died on 23 July 1999 and was laid to rest in Holy Trinity Ashram, Ranny. Anniversary: 23 July.

                                                               Prof. John Kurakar