Malankara–Persia relations Malankara–Persia relations The St. Thomas Christians of India came in contact with Portuguese missionaries who were Roman Catholic, and thus with the Roman Catholic Church, in the 16th century. Later, after the Oath of Koonan Cross (meaning leaning cross), the St. Thomas Christians came in touch with the western Syrian Church (of Antioch). Until the 16th century, their foreign connection was with the Church of Persia, also known as the Chaldean Church, the Assyrian Church, or the Syrian Church of the East. The Christians who came under the two ancient yet distinct lineages of Malankara (India) and Persia had one
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