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Now let me come to Mar and Mor.

The Indian Orthodox Church always use the word "Mar" of East (Chaldian) Syriac and

we use the word "Mor" of the West (Antiochian) Syriac.

They say the Malankara Church used East Syriac as its litergical language until recently

as is evident from the words mamodeesa,kurbana, thaksa, koodasa etc, every word

ending with an "a".

We in India, they say, seldom use words from West Syriac which end in "o".

For them I have a question to ask. When you hear from the street a call " chaacko,

paattayo,

pathrakadalaaso, kuppiyo, plastico, pazhaya lohappathrangalo wilpanundooooo...will Mr.

Chacko think that the call is intented for him and for him alone?.

I have never found any words in Malayalam other than Chacko (derived from Jacob

which ends with "o.

So my humble submission is that Syriac words ending with "o" are baptised in to

Malayalam substituting an "a" for "o".

Coming back to Mor and Mar once again.

When we say H G Geevargese Mar Coorilos we should mean the His Grace of the

Indian Orthodox Church. When we say Geevargese Mor Coorilos, it is His Grace of our

Church.

Incidently I may state that the beloved mother of Mor Coorilos is a cousin of Mar

Coorilos and the difference between their names is the same as the difference between

"o" and "a". There is a prayer song in East Syriac the opening words of which is " kampel

maran" Malayalee would understand it as a direction to move to the branch. The

West Syriac form of "kampel maran" is "kabel moran" The words mean "accept our

Lord" or "njangalude karthave... kaikkollaname"

It is evident that "maran" is the East Syriac form of the West Syriac "Moran". So we can

say "mar" becomes "maran" and "mor" becomes "moran"

In view of this His Holiness of the Indian Orthodox Church should be called: "His

Holiness Maran Mar Basalius Mar Thoma Didimos I" and if HB Mor Basalius Thomas I

were to be referred by this title, it will be "Moran Mor Basalius Thomas I"

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His Beattitude will never allow anybody to club his name with the title Moran as it is used

by us to refer to our Lord Jesus Christ and by the church as a whole to the exception of

the

Patriarch to refer to the Patriarch. the head of the Church.

No patriarch has ever used the titles HH or Moran to refer to himself.

No Catholicos of Indian Orthodox Church has failed to use the title to refer to himself

except the

Catholicos in India consecrated in 1964 by H H Moran Mor Ignatius Yaacoob III, for a

short period until His Beattitude became conscious of his holiness and moranship.

The Indian Orthodox Church is not unaware of the meanings of Moran & His Holiness.

There is in the English Language His Holiness and Your Holiness and no My Holiness.

There is Our Lord (Moran or Maran) My Lord is the same as Your Lordship ..But how

can a person call himself Moran (Our Lord ) or His Holiness?