Mathan Konatt
Malankara Malpan Korah Mathan Konat Chorepiscopa | |
|---|---|
| Priest Trustee | |
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| Church | Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church |
| Installed | 1895 |
| Term ended | 1927 |
| Predecessor | Thazhath Chacko Chandipillai[1] Konat Kora Yuhanon (Patriarch faction) |
| Opposed to | Palapalli Mani Paulose |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | In 1883 Dionysius Joseph II Pulikottil |
| Rank | Corepiscopa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Korah Mathan 30 March 1860 |
| Died | 8 November 1927 (aged 67) Pampakuda |
| Buried | St. John's Church, Pambakkuda |
| Denomination | Syriac Orthodox Christianity |
| Parents | Konat Youhanon Malpan (father), Annam (mother) |
| Spouse | Eleeshba |
| Profession | Writer, teacher, priest[2] |
| Alma mater | Vettikkal Mor Behnam Dayara |
Kōnāṭṭ Kōrah Māttan (30 March 1860 – 8 November 1927), popularly called Kōnāṭṭ Malpān, was a priest trustee, Malankara Malpan (the Teacher of Malankara) and chorbishop of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. He was elected as a priest trustee in 1901 and was one of the main leaders of the Jacobite Church during the 1912 Church Schism. He was a scholar of the Syriac language and wrote several books in it. He played a role in translating the liturgical texts of the Jacobite Church from Syriac into Malayalam. Most West Syriac Rite liturgical texts in Malayalam are based on these translations.[3][4][5]
Birth and childhood
[edit]Kora Mathan was born into the Konatt family, a priestly family, in Pampakkuta, near Kochi. He was born on March 30, 1860. He was born as the son of Yohannan Malpan, a clerical trustee of the Malankara Jacobite Church and a Syrian scholar. He acquired linguistic and religious training in the Syriac language under his own father, and later studied theology and liturgy in the Syriac language under Parumala Thirumeni (Chathuruthil Geevarghese Gregorios).[3]
Priesthood and literary contributions
[edit]He was ordained as a priest in 1883 by the Malankara Metropolitan Dionysius V of Pulikottil and later became a teacher at the Kottayam Old Seminary. On the advice of the Malankara Metropolitan, he established a minor seminary in his homeland, in Pampakkuda, to train young priests. He also established a printing press called Mor Julius Press adjacent to the seminary. He was enthusiastic about translating the prayer services of the West Syriac Jacobite Rite from the original language, West Syriac, into Malayalam. There, he translated the Jacobite breviary into Malayalam, which became popular under the name 'Pampakkuta Namaskaram'. On the account of his service for the translation of liturgy and church literature, Patriarch Ignatius Peter III, the supreme head of the Jacobite Church, honoured him with the title, Malankara Malpan. Mathan was the first to be bestowed this prestigious ecclesiastical title.[3]
The breviary was first published in 1910 with the approval of Patriarch Ignatius Abdullah II. In addition to this, Konatt anslated many other Syriac books into Malayalam. These include Dionysius Barsalibi's commentary on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Bar Hebrew's Ecclesiastical Canon and the New Testament, excluding the Book of Revelation. Besides these, he also published the Shehimo (breviary for the ferial days), a number of anaphorae, liturgical texts for the Great Week, order of deaconate ordination and texts of the orders for Baptism, marriage and funerals. A collection of letters he wrote to Syria, in his beautiful West Syriac 'Serto' handwriting, is preserved there. In addition, there are letters he wrote to various churches and individuals in the country, as well as a brief history of the Malankara Jacobite Church from an apologetic perspective.[6][3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ പി. തോമസ് പിറവം. മലങ്കര മല്പാൻ കോനാട്ട് മാത്തൻ കോറെപ്പസ്കോപ്പ.
- ↑ "Konat Geevarghese Mar Julios".
- 1 2 3 4 "Konatt Mathen Corepiscopo". syriacchristianity.in. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ↑ Varghese, Jacob P. (7 November 2021). "Konatt Korah Mathen Malpan – Nov 8". Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ↑ "നമ്മുടെ നിയമനിർമാണ സഭകളിൽ അംഗങ്ങളായവരിൽ ബിഷപ്പുമാരും വൈദികരും". manoramaonline.com. 2021.
- ↑ Kiraz (2011).
Bibliography
[edit]- Abūna, Ab Albīr (1970). Adab al-lugha al-ārāmiyya (in Arabic). pp. 542–3.
- Barsoum, Ignatius Aphram I (2003). Moosa, Matti (ed.). al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah (Syriac: Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire). The Scattered pearls. A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences (2nd ed.). pp. 522–3.
- Macuch, R. (1976). Geschichte der spät- und neusyrischen Literatur. pp. 481–2.
- Barṣūm, Ūkīn Munūfar (1991). Aḍwāʾ ʿalā adabinā al-suryānī al-ḥadīth. pp. 17–20.
- Kiraz, G. A. (2011). Sebastian P. Brock; G. A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Konat, Matta. Gorgias Encyclopaedia of the Syriac Heritage. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. p. 244.