holidays

Christian feast day: Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

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Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church) from January 3, null

Kuriakose Elias Chavara

Indian Carmelite and religious founder

Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer. He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and was a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic church. He was the co-founder and first…
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Syro-Malabar Church

Eastern Catholic church

The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a sui iuris (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the…
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January 3

Day of the year

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.
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