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Metropolitan Mar '''Eustathius of Kunnamkulam''' (more commonly known as "Sleeba Mar Ostatheos Bava") is a father and [[saint]] of the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] and the [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church|Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]] who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. St. Eustathius of Kunnamkulam is commemorated in the Syriac Orthodox and Malankara Syriac Orthodox Churches on [[March 19]].
==Early life in the Middle East==
On [[March 19]], 1930 Metropolitan Sleeba Mor Ostatheos Bava fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 76. He was buried in St. Mary's Simhasana Church in Kunnamkulam, which has since become a significant [[pilgrimage]] center and is commonly called Bava Pally (Bava's Church) after St. Eustathius. In 2000 Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I of Antioch [[glorification|glorified]] Metropolitan Mor Ostatheos as a saint of the Church of Antioch.
==External linksLinks==
*[http://www.syrianchurch.org/StSl/Mor_Osthathious_Sleeba.htm Sleebo Mor Ostatheos Bava] (Malankara Syriac Christian Resources)
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