Orthodox Church welcomes Patriarch's unity call, asks for action
A senior Malankara Orthodox bishop said reconciliation with the Jacobite faction must respect court verdicts, during the Patriarch of Antioch's visit to Kerala.
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Malankara Orthodox Church Metropolitan Yuhanon Mar Diascoros welcomed the Patriarch of Antioch's call for reconciliation, but said it must lead to concrete steps.
The Orthodox and Jacobite factions have been in a long dispute, with clashes and court cases, over the ownership of churches in Kerala.
The Church would cooperate with any unity effort that respects court verdicts and church law, he said, and invited the Patriarch to its headquarters.