An old photo of the saintly fathers of the Malankara Church

The saintly fathers: St Gregorios of Parumala sitting on the extreme right and St Dionysius Vattasseril (then Malankara Malpan Geevarghese Kathanar/Fr Geevarghese) standing on extreme left. Group photo taken in 1899.

Sitting (L to R)- Mar Ivanios Murimattom(later His Holiness Baselios Paulose I Catholicose), Mar Athanasius-Kadavil, Mar Dionysius V- Pulikkottil, St Gregorios of Parumala.

Standing (L to R)- St Dionysius Vattasseril (then Malankara Malpan Geevarghese Kathanar/Fr Geevarghese), Punnoose Rembachan-Kallasseril (later His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese II), Paulose Rembachan- Kochuparambil, Geevarghese Rembachan-Karuchira (later His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese I), Malankara Malpan Konnattu Maathan Kathanar.

May the prayers of the holy fathers be our refuge.

In Christ,
Rincy John

Ref: Mar Gregorios Viyogam, Golden Jubilee Souvenir-1952.