Head of Orthodox Church passes away
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Funeral service of Malankara Metropolitan at 3 p.m. today
Baselios Mar Thomas Poulose II, Catholicos of the East and supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, passed away early Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 74. According to the Church authorities, the Malankara Metropolitan breathed his last at 2.35 a.m. at a private hospital in Pathanamthitta. The Catholicos, who had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer since December 2019, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in February this year. Though he recovered from the infection, the post-COVID lung complications worsened his health condition, the hospital authorities said.More Related News