Abimalek Timotheus Explained

Saint Mar Abimalek Timotheus
Titles:	Metropolitan of Malabar and All India
Birth Date:	28 August 1878
Birth Place:	Mar Bisho, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:	30 April 1945
Death Place:	Trichur, Cochin, British Raj
Venerated In:	Assyrian Church of the East
Canonized Date:	29 September 2019
Canonized Place:	Thrissur
Canonized By:	Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III
Feast Day:	1 May

Mar Abimalek Timotheus (28 August 1878 – 30 April 1945) was an Assyrian priest of the Church of the East who served as Metropolitan of Malabar and All India from 1907 until his death in 1945.^[1] Born in the village of Mar Bisho in the Ottoman Empire, he was sent to India by Catholicos-Patriarch Shimun XIX after Shimun received a petition to appoint a bishop from the Chaldean Syrian Church in Trichur (now Thrissur).

The Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East announced that Timotheus would be canonised in May 2018 following the adoption of a new procedure for canonisation,^{[2] [3]} and his sainthood was formally proclaimed by Catholicos-Patriarch Gewargis III on 29 September 2019.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Mooken, Aprem. Aprem Mooken. Mar Abimalek Timotheus: A Biography. 1975. Trichur. Mar Narsai Press.
• Book: Mooken, Aprem. Aprem Mooken. Mar Abdisho Thondanat: A Biography. 1987. Trichur. Mar Narsai Press.
• Book: Mooken, Aprem. Aprem Mooken. The Chaldean Syrian Church in India. 1977. Trichur. Mar Narsai Press.
• Book: Mooken, Aprem. Aprem Mooken. The Chaldean Syrian Church of the East. 1983. Delhi. National Council of Churches in India.
• Book: Mooken, Aprem. Aprem Mooken. The History of the Assyrian Church of the East in the Twentieth Century. 2003. Kottayam. St. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute.

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Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Timotheus-Abimalek. Timotheus, Abimalek. Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Coakley. James F.. Beth Mardutho. 2018. 30 January 2020.
2. Web site: The Third Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East Convened under His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Catholicos‐Patriarch. Assyrian Church of the East. 30 January 2020. 2018.
3. News: Sainthood for Mar Abimalek Timotheus. The Times of India. 28 September 2019. 30 January 2020.
4. Web site: Fourth Bi-lateral Dialogue Meeting of the Assyrian Church of the East and the Russian Orthodox Church. Assyrian Church of the East. 17 November 2019. 30 January 2020.