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*1929-1964 [[w:Baselios Geevarghese II|Baselios Geevarghese II]], the 3rd ''Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan'' (''had both titles, after 1934'').
*ca.1930's Roman Catholic [[w:Vellalar|Vellalar]] Christians ([[w:Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]]) separated themselves temporarily from their church because of caste quarells, and employed Orthodox West Syrian Indian Priests from [[w:Kerala|Kerala]] to conduct their worship services.
*1930 '''Schism:''' The [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] is established as an Eastern rite of the Roman Catholic Church, when a large group of Jacobites under the leadership of Archbishop [[w:Geevarghese Mar Ivanios|Mar Ivanios]] split from the [[w:Malankara Church|Malankara Church]] and subsequently entered into communion with Rome; they were allowed to maintain their Antiochene liturgy; death of Metr. [[Eustathius of Kunnamkulam]] (''glorified in 2000'').
*1931 Patriarch [[w:Ignatius Elias III|Elias III]] came to Malankara at the invitation of the then British Viceroy, Lord Irvin, to resolving the schism that had erupted in the Malankara Church; the [[w:Thrikkunnathu Seminary|Thrikkunnathu Seminary]] is opened (operating from 1931-1977), being a notable Malankara teaching facility for clergy in the northern dioceses of the Indian Orthodox Church, and the only full seminary for Jacobite Syrian Christians (later noted as the "headquarters" of the [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church|Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]] in India).
*1932 Death of Patriarch [[w:Ignatius Elias III|Elias III]], the only Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch who is entombed in Kerala, India; the monastery where he is entombed is a renowned pilgrim centre, known as [[w:Manjanikkara Dayara|Manjanikkara Dayara]].
[[Image:ConsecrationBaseliousThomas1.jpg|left|thumb|Consecration of Thomas Mar Dionysius as [[w:Baselios Thomas I|Baselious Thomas I]], ''Catholicose of India'' (seated) [2002-Present], by the Patr. of Antioch, [[w:Ignatius Zakka I Iwas|Ignatious Zakka I Iwas]], and the universal episcopal synod. 31 July 2002, Damascus - [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church]].]]
*1996 September 25, the [[w:Nagpur St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary|Nagpur St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Seminary]] was officially inaugurated by H.G. Dr. [[w:Geevarghese Mar Osthathios|Geevarghese Mar Osthathios]], the President of the Mission Board of the Malankara Church, in the presence of H.G. Stephanus Mar Theodosius and H.G. Geevarghese Mar Ivanius (Kottayam).
*2000 Patr. [[w:Ignatius Zakka I Iwas|Ignatious Zakka I Iwas]] of Antioch glorified Metr. [[Eustathius of Kunnamkulam]] (+1930) as a saint in the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]] and the [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church|Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church]].
*2002 The two Oriental Orthodox Churches conducted their own Syrian Christian Association meetings, and since then are functioning independently; the [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church]] faction adopted a new constitution, against the constitution of 1934.
*2003 Canonization of [[w:Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril|Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril]] (+1934) by the [[Church of India]], the third saint canonized by the church.
