MALANKARA (INDIAN) ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH, A MEMBER OF THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX COMMUNION

Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church is one of several churches in the Oriental Orthodox communion. Some of the other churches in this group are Coptic(Egyptian) Orthodox, Etheopean Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic.The doctrines of the Oriental Orthodox Churches are based on the declarations in the three Synods in Nicea, Constantinople and Ephesus.

 THE CATHOLICOSE OF THE EAST 

OUR EARLY DAYS

Saints Basilios-Gregorios Orthodox Church of Central New Jersey, Inc., SBGOC started out with three families worshipping as a congregation at St. Sofia’s Theological Seminary in  South Bound Brook, New Jersey.  The congregation was led by Fr. Mathew C. Chacko.  It started with with blessings and Order of His Grace Mathews Mar Barnabas, Metropolitan of the American Diocese of the Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC).

RECOGNITION AS A PARISH

MEANING OF "ORTHODOX"

For us, the term “Orthodox” means “Conforming to the Christain faith, as formulated in the early ecumenical creeds and confessions" (Ref: Webster's New World Dictionary).  Orthodox Christians have preserved the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Apostles, without change over the centuries.  Our Liturgies, Order of prayers and rites are developed in accordance with the practices set by the Apostles and early Church fathers.

FUNDAMENTALS

You glorify God by serving the Church, the Community and the Public. There are many ways you could use your abilities and talents to serve.

Here are some of those ways:

Chapel Volunteer

WORSHIP

Believers gather in the Church and, they worship God by offering prayers to Him as a group. Through Worship, they come into union with God. In that union, Christ is the head and Church(congregation)is the body. Church(congregation) is holy and it exists both on earth and in heaven.

HOLY TRADITION