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Its adherents are sometimes grouped together as Saint Thomas Christians . Those Syro-Malankara churches which did not come into Full Communion with Rome remain in the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church or the autocephalous Indian Orthodox Church . On February 10 , 2005 , the Archdiocese Of Trivandrum was elevated by Pope John Paul II to a Major Archdiocese, elevating the Archbishop to Major Archbishop (called Catholicos by Syro-Malankara Catholics). As a major archepiscopal church, the Syro-Malankaras are granted the greatest level of self-government under the '' Code Of Canons Of The Eastern Churches '', governed by the major archbishop and the general Synod of all bishops of the church, subject to papal oversight. HEAD His Beatitude, Moran Mor Cyril Mar Baselious Catholicos is the Major Archbishop of the Church. He is based in Trivandrum ( Thiruvananthapuram ), Kerala , India . Previous heads of the church are listed below.
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