general knowledge 2

Question 1

Name the Pope who erected the Congregation for Oriental Churches?

Answer 1

Pope Benedict XV on May 1, 1917

Question 2

Which is the 2nd Vatican Council document on Eastern Churches?

Answer 2

Orientalium Ecclesiarum

Question 3

How many Ecumenical Councils are there in the annals of Catholic Church?

Answer 3

21

Question 4

Which is the Council that condemned Arianism?

Answer 4

Nicea I, AD 325

Question 5

Which is the council that condemned Nestorianism?

Answer 5

Council of Ephesus in AD 431

Question 6

Which is the council that condemned monophysitism?

Answer 6

Council of Chalcedon in AD 451

Question 7

What is the proper title of a Patriarch/ Major Archbishop?

Answer 7

Father and Head

Question 8

Who acts as the Patriarch of ‘other sui iuris churches’?

Answer 8

The Pope

Question 9

Who can grant the faculty for biritualism?

Answer 9

The Pope

Question 10

Who was the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 10

Servant of God Metropolitan Archbishop Mar Ivanios

Question 11

When was the Syro-Malankara Re-Union Day?

Answer 11

September 20th 1930

Question 12

Who were the first five persons from the Malankara Orthodox Church re-united with the Catholic Church?

Answer 12

1. Abp. Mar Ivanios, 2. Bishop Mar Theophilos, 3. Rev. Fr. John Kuzhinapurath OIC, 4. Deacon Alexander OIC, 5. Mr. Chacko Kilileth

Question 13

When was the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church elevated from the status of the Metropolitan Church to the Major Archiepiscopal Church?

Answer 13

February 10, 2005

Question 14

Which Pope elevated the status of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church from Metropolitan Church to Archiepiscopal Church?

Answer 14

Pope St John Paul II

Question 15

Who was the first Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 15

Major Archbishop Moran Mor Cyril Baselios Catholicos

Question 16

Who was enthroned as the Second Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 16

Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos

Question 17

When was the Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos created as a Cardinal?

Answer 17

November 24, 2012

Question 18

When and by whom was the Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis Catholica Bava appointed as a Cardinal?

Answer 18

November 24, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI

Question 19

How is the Synod of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church officially known as?

Answer 19

Malankara Catholic Episcopal Synod (MCES)

Question 20

Where is the headquarters of the Synod?

Answer 20

Catholicate Centre, Pattom. Thiruvanthapuram

Question 21

How is the official publication of the Synod bulletin known as?

Answer 21

Malankara

Question 22

When was the Catholicate established in Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 22

February 10, 2005

Question 23

When was the first Canonical Episcopal Synod of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church convoked?

Answer 23

August 16 to 18, 2005

Question 24

Who presided over the first Canonical Episcopal Synod?

Answer 24

Major Archbishop Cyril Baselios Catholica Bava

Question 25

What motto is inscribed on the Catholicate flag?

Answer 25

That all may be one

Question 26

Which is the Syro-Malankara Catholic Basilica?

Answer 26

St Mary Queen of Peace Basilica

Question 27

Which Code of Canons does the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church abide to?

Answer 27

The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

Question 28

In 2005, where did the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Reunion Movement?

Answer 28

Mavelikara

Question 29

On what day does the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church commemorate the Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios?

Answer 29

July 15

Question 30

When did the Church declare Archbishop Mar Ivanios as The Servant of God?

Answer 30

July 14, 2007

Question 31

Who declared Archbishop Mar Ivanios as the servant of God?

Answer 31

Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos

Question 32

As part of the Canonisation process, when was the tomb of the Servant of God Mar Ivanios opened to conduct canonical recognition?

Answer 32

June 23, 2014

Question 33

**When** was the ** first Assembly** of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church held?

Answer 33

September 21 - 23, 2011

Question 34

**Where** was the first Assembly of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church held?

Answer 34

Catholicate Centre Pattom, Thiruvanthapuram

Question 35

What was the theme of the first Assembly of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 35

"Suvisheshakayaya Malankara Suriyani Catholica Sabha (The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - The Evangeliser)"

Question 36

**When** was the second Assembly of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church held?

Answer 36

October 8 – 10, 2019

Question 37

**Where** was the second Assembly of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church held?

Answer 37

Catholicate Centre Pattom, Thiruvanthapuram

Question 38

What was the theme of the second Assembly of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 38

‘Krupanirayunna Kudumbangal’ (Grace Filling Families)

Question 39

Who was the first Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church created Cardinal?

Answer 39

Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos

Question 40

How many Archeparchies & Eparchies are there in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church?

Answer 40

1 Major Archeparchy, 1 Archeparchy and 10 Eparchies

Question 41

When did the Church declare Archbishop Mar Ivanios as Venerable?

Answer 41

March 14, 2024