About Baselios Marthoma Didymos I
Baselios Marthoma Didymus I born C. T. Thomas was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church from 2005 to 2010. He was the 7th Catholicos of the Malankara since the Catholicate of the East was established India and the 20th Malankara Metropolitan. He was the 7th Catholicos of East. In his speeches, Didymos I used to say that his parents who led lives of prayer and munificence were his first role models. Didymos I was the first Catholicos of the East to be enthroned by his predecessor. During the reign of Didymos I, the strength of the Episcopal Synod became 33, the highest till date.
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