Zacharias Mar Aprem


His Grace Zacharias Mar Aprem, is a bishop in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. His Grace is the current diocesan metropolitan of the Adoor Kadampanad Orthodox Diocese and assistant metropolitan of the Southwest American Diocese.

Childhood

Zacharias Mar Aprem was born on March 11th, 1966 to Mr. E K Kuriakose and Mrs. Sossama Kuriakose. He is a member of St. George Valiyapally, Chungathara, Malabar Diocese

Education

He obtained his B.Sc degree from Malabar Christian College. His B.Div degree is from Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam. His M.Th degree is from Gurukul College. His D.Th degree is from SATHRI, Bangalore, the Doctoral Research Institute of Serampore University.

Priesthood

He was ordained subdeacon on June 5th, 1990 at Parumala Church. He was then ordained a deacon on March 14th, 1992 at St. George Church in Korzhikodu. He was ordained a priest on March 25th 1992 at St. George Church in Chungathara by Thomas Mar Themothios.
The parishes in which Fr. Zacharias served as vicar are:
St. George Cathedral, Korzikodu,
St. Thomas Bangalore,
St. Gregorios Salem,
Mar Gregorios Nilambur,
St. Marys Akampadam,
St. Stephans Karapurum,
St. Mary's Shornur,
St. Thomas Nattassery,
Mar Baselios and Mar Gregorios Thazathangadi.
He held the positions of Registrar, Orthodox Seminary, Principal Secretary to the Catholicos, Chief Editor of Malankara Sabha Magazine, Member Ecumenical Relations Committee, Seminary Governing Board, Bible Society.
, he was a professor at Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam.

Metropolitan

In February 2010, the Malankara Syrian Christian Association met at Shasthamkotta and elected Zacharias along with six others to become bishops.The Malankara Metropolitan and Catholicos of the East His Holiness Baselios Thoma Didymos I, professed Fr. Zacharias as Ramban-priest on March 21st, 2010. He was ordained as bishop by His Holiness Didymos I on May 12th, 2010 at Mar Elia Cathedral, Kottayam.
On September 17th, 2017, His Grace was appointed as Assistant Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America.