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The death has been announced [ in.news.yahoo.com] of His Beatitude Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, C.SS.R., Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Father and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, which is based in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Pope Benedict XVI today sent a telegram [ press.catholica.va] offering his condolences to the Syro-Malabar Church. His Beatitude Mar Varkey was 83 [ catholic-hierarchy.org] (he would have been 84 on May 29). He became Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam in 1996, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly in 1999, and Cardinal in 2001. He participated in the conclave which elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. The Syro-Malabar Church has 46 bishops [ gcatholic.com], including one in the United States. The bishops, who are currently in Rome [ press.catholica.va] for their ad limina visits, will now have to gather as a Synod to elect a successor to His Beatitude Mar Varkey.
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I hope that the bishops will manage to serve a Raza for the deceased Mar Varkey.
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What's a Raza? anything like a panachyda?
May His Beatitude Mar Varkey be forever in the presence of the living God.
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The Raza is the "very solemn Mass" of the Chaldean tradition, used rather seldom by the Malabarese but usually celebrated at least once when someone has died.
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It is reported [ ucanews.com] that the funeral of Mar Varkey will take place on April 10 to allow the Syro-Malabar bishops to complete their ad limina [ smcim.org] visit to Rome.
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Corrigendum: The report says " after April 10" (my emphasis).
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May his memory be eternal.
It crossed my mind today that the three largest Eastern Catholic Churches (Ukrainian, Syro-Malabar, Maronite) will have had new patriarchs/major archbishops by the time the new major archbishop for the Syro-Malabar Church is selected-in a relatively very short time.
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Now it is officially confirmed [ smcim.org] that Mar Varkey's funeral will take place on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 14:30 in St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala, India. Until the inthronization of a new major archbishop, the administrator of the Syro-Malabar Church is Mar Bosco Puthur [ catholic-hierarchy.org], Bishop of the Curia. Many will remember Mar Bosco's speech [ asianews.it] at the 2010 Synod for the Middle East, where he called for proper pastoral care for the estimated 400,000 Syro-Malabar faithful in the Arab Gulf countries.
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His Beatitude,Patriarch Sviatoslav of Kyiv-Halych and all Rus, has written and sent formal condolences to the Syro-Malabar Church on the death of Cardinal Varkey.
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Kindly note that the syro malabar head is addressed H.E rather than H.B.
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Thank you!
It is true that the Pope's telegram referred to His Eminence Cardinal (Eminentissimo Signor Cardinale) Varkey Vithayathil. However, the Vatican's official yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, uses the more correct "His Most Eminent Beatitude" (Sua Beatitudine Eminentissima).
Prayers for the repose of the soul of the Most Blessed and Most Eminent Lord George (Mar Varkey), Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Father and Head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
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Video from the funeral today is available here. [ malankaraorthodox.tv] Archbishop Cyril (Vasil') was in attendance.
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Any ideas when the Synod starts? How long it is expected to last?
I am finding it very difficult to find information on the internet.
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Archbishop Cyril (Vasil') was in attendance. Just a clarification: the name Vasyl' is Basil in English, not Cyril.
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Archbishop Cyril (Vasil') was in attendance. Just a clarification: the name Vasyl' is Basil in English, not Cyril. I know. Vasil' is Archbishop Cyril's [ pontificalorientalinstitute.com] last name, which is why I placed it in parenthesis.
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