History

The History of the Syrian Christians in Bangalore started with the migration of Keralites, during the early phase of 20th Century, for livelihood and with economic and educational motives in mind. The numerical growth of Syrian Christians necessitated the need for a worshiping place since this community being a worshiping one. As a result of this, Syrian Christian worship started in Bangalore by 1936. However, during this period, the internal problems of the church in Malankara affected the regular worship in Bangalore. But after the unity of the two fractions of the Malankara church in the year 1958 paved way to the growth of the activities of the church in Bangalore.

The whole situation has changed in 1975 when the clouds of conflicts erupted in the church for the second time by the Catholicose faction, declaring the independence from the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. This major event in the history of the Malankara church opened an enthusiasm to both the factions to build their own empire, where even the Malankara Syrian Christians migrated and settled down.