# Yuhanon Chrysostamos

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{{Short description|Oriental Orthodox bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Yuhanon Chrysostamos
| image =
| caption = 
| church = [Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church](/source/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church)
| diocese = [Niranam Diocese](/source/Niranam_Orthodox_Diocese)
| term = 2005 - Present
| predecessor = <!--   Orders   -->
| ordination = 5 March 2005
| ordained_by = <!--   Personal details   -->
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1954|01|07}}
| birth_place = [Kottoor](/source/Kottoor), [Thiruvalla](/source/Thiruvalla)
}}

'''Yuhanon Chrysostamos''' is Metropolitan of [Niranam Diocese](/source/Niranam_Orthodox_Diocese) of [Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church](/source/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church) in [India](/source/India).<ref>{{cite web |title=H.G. Yuhanon Mar Chrysostamos |url=https://mosc.in/holysynod/his-grace-dr-yoohanon-mar-chrysostamus|website=mosc.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yuhanon Mar Chrysostamos {{!}} Malankara Orthodox TV |url=https://malankaraorthodox.tv/}}</ref>

In 2023, he is the bishop of [St Mary's Orthodox Church, Kallooppara](/source/St_Mary's_Orthodox_Church%2C_Kallooppara), and has been in place since 2007.<ref>[https://www.kalloopparapally.com/new_bishops.html Kalloopparapally Church website, Retrieved 2023-05-31]</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in 1954 in Mannil Puthen Purayil, Kottoor, [Thiruvalla](/source/Thiruvalla). 

He completed his BSc Mathematics from [SB College Changanasserry](/source/St._Berchmans_College) then affiliated to [University of Kerala](/source/University_of_Kerala) and joined the [Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam](/source/Orthodox_Theological_Seminary%2C_Kottayam). He also studied his GST and BD from [Serampore University](/source/Serampore_University). He completed a MTh from [United Theological College, Bangalore](/source/United_Theological_College%2C_Bangalore), and a PhD from The [San Francisco Theological Seminary](/source/San_Francisco_Theological_Seminary).

==Career==
He was ordained as a deacon on 19 April 1982, and became a priest on 5 June 1982. 

He was Principal of St Paul’s Mission Training Center and has held several other teaching and speaking posts within the church.

He was ordained as [Metropolitan](/source/Metropolitan_bishop) on 5 March 2005.<ref>[https://www.kalloopparapally.com/new_bishops.html St Mary's Orthodox Church in Kalloopparapall website]</ref>

==References==
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Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishops

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