Birthday profile

Baselios Marthoma Didymos I

Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (died 2014)

Born
October 29, 1921
Died
May 26, 2014
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1921

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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The world when Baselios Marthoma Didymos I was born

Baselios Marthoma Didymos I was born in 1921. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Baselios Marthoma Didymos I's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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