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MALANKARA MAR THOMA SYRIAN CHURCH Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church is traditionally believed to have been founded by Saint Thomas (Mar Thoma), one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, and known by the name of the Apostle, in the year AD 52, Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar is one of the oldest denominations of Christianity. The Church defines itself as "Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function and Episcopal in character”. Headquartered at Thiruvalla in Kerala, in India, the church has followers across the globe. Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Malankara Mar Thoma Suriyani Sabha as it is called in native Malayalam) is one of the oldest groups of praticing Christians in the world. Believed to be followers of one of the original disciples of Jesus Christ - St. Thomas, also called Didimus or Thomas, the doubter  . The logo of the church consists of a shield emplazoned

MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, who came to India in A.D. 52. Atleast from the fourth century the Indian Church entered into a close relationship with the Persian or East Syrian Church. From the Persians, the Indians inherited East Syrian language and liturgies and came to be known as Syrian Christians. In the sixteenth century Roman Catholic tried to unite the Syrian Christians to the Roman Catholic Church and this led to a split in the community. Those who accepted Catholicism are the present Syro-Malabar Catholics. Later Western Protestant missionaries came to Kerala and worked among Syrian Christians; That also created certain splits in the community. In the seventeenth century the Church came to a relationship with the Antiochene Church which again caused splits. As a result of this relationship the Church received West Syrian liturgies and practices. At present the Church

JACOBITE SYRIAN CHURCH Jacobite Syrian Church  (Syrian Orthodox Church) of India, Iraq and Syria, recognize the Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch as its spiritual head. The foundation of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch goes back to early Apostolic days. This event in the history of Christianity is recorded in the Book of Acts 11:26. Apostle Peter Himself established his See 37 AD. He is, therefore, rightly considered the founder and first Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church. St. Peter took up the leadership of the Church of Jerusalem after Christ’s Crucifixion and resurrection. The emblem shown here is common for all the  Syrian the sects. http://www.jacobitesyrianchurch.org/ https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1