KOTTAYAM:etropolitan Job Mar Philexinos,72, the head of Delhi Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Church, passed away atKolenchery on Sunday, owing to prolonged illness. The body, which was brought here in the evening, will be kept at Old Seminary chapel for the public to pay homage till 10 am on Monday. On Monday morning, the body will be taken to Mount Tabore Dayara in Pathanapuram via Tiruvalla, Chengannur, Pandalam and Adoor. The funeral services will be held at Mount Tabore Dayara at 2 pm on Tuesday.Mar Philexinos was keeping indifferent health after he underwent kidney transplantation in 1993. He was admitted to Kolenchery Medical College Hospital in September after his health condition worsened.Born on May 8, 1939, to K C Thomas and Achamma of Kanianthara family, Job Mar Philexinos is the grandnephew of Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Church, the late Baselios Mar Geevarghese II.He had his primary education at St John’s School, Mepral, and PMV School, Peringara. At 16, he joined Mount Tabore Dayara as a novice.He was ordained a Deacon on May 26, 1956. In 1962, he was ordained a full Deacon at Parumala, and on May 11, 1972, as a priest. He took Masters degree in English Literature from St Joseph’s College in Tiruchirappalli. In 1969, he became a lecturer at St Stephen’s College, Pathanapuram. He was the head of the English Department and later became the vice-principal of the college. In 1974, he was appointed vicar of St John’s Orthodox Church, Mepral. Mar Philexinos was installed a Ramban on March 31, 1990, at St Peter’s and St Paul’s Orthodox Church at Parumala. He was ordained the Bishop of the Malankara Orthodox Church on April 30, 1991 at Parumala Church. He was appointed assistant Metropolitan of Delhi Diocese and became Metropolitan after the death of Paulose Mar Gregorios in 1996. He was elevated as Metropolitan on August 27, 2002, at Devalokam, Kottayam. He took the initiative to institute the Paulose Mar Gregorios Memorial Award, which was won by eminent national and international personalities, including Dalai Lama, socialn activist Baba Amte, father of White Revolution V Kurien, Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala founder P K Warrier, and statesman Karan Singh.Mar Philexinos was instrumental in taking up Shantigram Social Service project in Mandavar in Haryana, formation of self-help group for the womenfolk of Mandavar, retreat Centre at Sohna in Haryana, the first medical mission of the Orthodox Church in Delhi among others.
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