A Global Communion · Est. 52 CE
The Church,
mapped.
Under the primacy of His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the East, the institutions of the Church number in excess of 3,500 worldwide, each parish catalogued together with its recorded family count.
A Single Communion,
Traced Across the Earth
The globe may be turned by dragging, and enlarged using the controls in its corner (or by pinching, on a trackpad). Each point denotes an actual parish, chapel, or cathedral — some 3,594 in total — plotted outward from the coast of Kerala across six continents.
In search of a particular parish? Find your nearest, or browse the record below.
Saints of Malankara
Martyrs of Malankara
The Malankara Church, a Century Before
Nineteen Centuries, Traced
From the Apostle's landfall to the present communion — traversed by dragging, by the arrows below, or directly via the era markers.
Timeline data as of 2 August, 2026.
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Enter any place in the world, and the five nearest churches, chapels, or cathedrals will be identified.
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Behind every marker lies a history someone chose to set down — a founding date, a first Qurbana, a gathering of families.
Reading the Map
The directory catalogues the Church's full institutional life — episcopal palaces, monasteries and convents, cathedrals, directly-administered churches, thronal churches and mission churches, parishes, congregations and communities, Catholicate centres and retreat centres, chapels, major and minor seminaries, malpanates, mission training centres, Bible schools, campus ministries, and youth and student centres. Each marker carries its own symbol, keyed below.
Churches claimed by more than one diocese carry more than one pin on the edifice.
Proprietary churches — typically owned by a family or clan association — are consecrated under Malankara Orthodox rites and operate outside diocesan administration.
Since the 1974 schism, parishes of the Knanaya Diocese fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Catholicos in Devalokam.
This map does not count digital congregations, such as the Good Shepherd Orthodox Family Fellowship.
Every marker on this map traces back to a shepherd.
Behind every parish counted here stands a lineage of ordained service — stretching back through the centuries to the Apostolic hand.
The Dioceses
Each diocese is traced in its own hue on the map, keyed below.
The Dioceses, on the Map
Kerala's fourteen districts, coloured by the diocese that covers each.
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District Numbers
Thrissur diocese overlaps Kochi and Malabar territory and was established for schismatic-majority parishes, so it is marked only by its individual parishes rather than a solid fill. Kandanad East likewise overlaps Kandanad West, so the two share a single colour above.
A Communion, in Numbers
Every parish, chapel, and shrine accounted for — the full institutional life of the Church, gathered into a single census.
Counts reflect Orthodox-held institutions only; those currently under schismatic occupation are listed on each institution and diocese page but not included in these totals.
A running estimate across every diocese and titular see worldwide.
Those Who Serve the Church
Drawn from the Church’s 2023 clergy directory.
Figures are drawn from the Church’s official 2023 clergy directory, and are here organised by diocese, ranked from metropolitans to deacons.
Sources
The figures and details set out throughout this site are drawn from the following ecclesiastical directories and records.
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Akkara Kurian Writer. Niranam Grandhavari. 2009.
Malankara Edavaka Pathrika, 1892–1906.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicate Day Collections Directory, 2022. Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam. mosc.in/uploads/2022/03/CDC-Book.pdf
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicate Day Collections Directory, 2024. Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam. mosc.in/uploads/2023/03/CDC-Book-2024-1.pdf
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicate Day Collections Directory, 2025. Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam. mosc.in/uploads/2023/03/CDC-Book-2025.pdf
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicate Day Collections Directory, 2026. Catholicate Palace, Devalokam, Kottayam. mosc.in/uploads/2023/03/CDC-Book-2026_compressed_compressed.pdf
St. Thomas Orthodox Vaidika Sanghom. Clergy Directory, 2023. Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. orthodoxvaidikasanghom.org/uploads/downloads/clergy-2023.pdf
Talmido — Malankara Orthodox Church resource archive. talmido.org
George, David. Malankara History. malankarahistory.com
This project was created and is supervised globally by Andrew Punnoose, with a team of 35+ coordinators worldwide. The website's background music is courtesy of Andrew Varughese (@malankaramusic), and the devotional artwork found throughout the site is shared with the generous blessing of Fr. Rijo Geevarghese.