Predominantly Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Minorities include Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and Pentecostal Saint Thomas Christians
Related ethnic groups
Saint Thomas Christians, Malayalis, Cochin Jews, Syrians, Persians
The K'nānāyalistenⓘ, (from Syriac: K'nā'nāya (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India.[2][1] They are differentiated from another part of the community, known in this context as the Northists (Vaddakkumbhagar). There are about 300,000 Knanaya in India and elsewhere.[1]
The origins of the Knanaya community is traced back to the arrival of the Syriac merchant Thomas of Cana (Knāi Thoma) who led a migration of Jewish-Christians (early Syriac Christians) from the Mesopotamian province of Sassanian Persia to the city of Kodungallur, India in the year AD 345.[3][1] The communities arrival was recorded on the Thomas of Cana copper plates which were extant in Kerala until the 17th century.[4][5][6][7] The ethnic division between the Knanaya and other St. Thomas Christians was observed during the Portuguese colonization of India in the 16th century and was noted throughout the European colonial era.[8][9]
Today, the majority of Knanaya are members of the Syro-Malabar Church (Kottayam Archeparchy) and the Syrian Orthodox Church (Knanaya Archdiocese). Many Knanaya migrated away during the 20th and 21st centuries, largely westward, forming communities in non-Malayalam speaking areas, with a large expatriate community currently living in Houston, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
majority of Knanaya are members of the Syro-Malabar Church (Kottayam Archeparchy) and the Syrian Orthodox Church (Knanaya Archdiocese). Many Knanaya migrated...
Knanaya Archdiocese either refers to: Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam of the Knanaya Catholics or Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese of...
Knanaya Region is a subdivision of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago. This region was officially established by Mar Jacob Angadiath...
Kerala state, mainly practiced by the endogamous sub-sect known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians. The dance retells the life and missionary work...
Malankara Syriac Knanaya Community are part of the larger Knanaya community who are descendants of an endogamous ethnic migrant group of Syriac-Jewish...
Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Church located in Maywood, Illinois in the United States is the first Knanaya Catholic Church established outside the juridical...
Kottayam district, Kerala, India. The hospital is run by the Syro-Malabar Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam. The Caritas Hospital foundation stone...
Thomas; (1971-02-26)February 26, 1971 – (1992-03-27)March 27, 1992), a Knanaya Catholic sister, was found dead in a well filled with water in St Pius...
descendants of Thoma and the migrants who arrived with him are known as the Knanaya or Tekkumbhagar (Southist) Christians, found among the Saint Thomas Christian...
The Thomas of Cana copper plates (Malayalam: Knai Thoma Cheppedu), or Knanaya copper plates, dated variously between 345 C.E. and 811 C.E., are a lost...
branch of the Syriac Orthodox Church Malankara Knanaya Jacobite Syrian Orthodox archdiocese, or Knanaya Syrian archdiocese, an arch diocese of the Syriac...
Zealand. In 2003 it was estimated that the church had 1,000,000 (including Knanaya) members globally. The highest rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy is...
Kaduthuruthy Valiya Palli (കടുത്തുരുത്തി വലിയ പളളി) / Ave Maria (ആവേ മരിയ) of Knanaya Community was established in AD 400. The present Kaduthuruthy St. Mary's...
Church, Kombuthurai, built by Francis Xavier in India in 1542 St. Stephen's knanaya Catholic Forane Church, Uzhavoor, Kottayam, built 1631 St. Stephen's Orthodox...
Gospels of Matthew partially reconstructed from the writings of Jerome. The Knanaya of India descend from Syriac Christians of Jewish origin who migrated to...
on 29 August 1911 exclusively for Knanaya Catholics by Pope Pius X, partition was made between Knanaya and non-Knanaya parishioners of the Paingalam church...
in Kasaragod town. Sometime between the fourth and eighth century, the Knanaya Community is believed to have arrived from the Middle East under the leadership...
The community of Christians that came along with Knai Thoma is called Knanaya Christians. The Saint Thomas Christian community in Kerala was further...
to recent DNA research by Dr. Mini Kariappa, a significant number of Knanaya's share their ancestral roots with the West Eurasian gene pool of Jews....
those who claim it gives the wrong association with the "Zealots". Eifert Knanaya Sicarii (1989), a modern group inspired by the Sicarii Sikrikim, a modern...
February 1953), an East Syriac knanaya Catholic Archbishop was born in Uzhavoor, India. Currently he is Archbishop of Knanaya Catholics of Kottayam Archeparchy...
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