BIOGRAPHY
Mor Silvanos Ayub
Assiatant Metropolitan of the Knanaya Archdiocese in charge of America, Canada & Europe region

 

 
Born - 18 April 1972
Family Name - Thottathil
Parish Church - St. John’s Knanaya Church, Muthuvam, Kannur District
Education -

B.Com from Calicut University, Kerala, INDIA (1994)

Theological Studies -
  • Diploma in Syriac Studies from St. Aphrem Theological Seminay, Ma’arrat Seydnaya, SYRIA  (2001)

  • Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) from Serampore College, Calcutta, INDIA (1999)

  • Master of Theology (M.Th) from Edinburgh University, UNITED KINGDOM (2003)

  • Master of Syriac Studies (M.St) from Oxford University, UNITED KINGDOM (2005)

Current Studies  

Doing PhD at Manchester University, UNITED KINGDOM

Korooyo (4th Order) - 11 November 1995 (ordained by H.E. Clemis Abraham Metropolitan)
5th Order   27 May 1997     (ordained by H.E. Clemis Abraham Metropolitan)
Full Deacon  

  7 June 1999      (ordained by H.E. Clemis Abraham Metropolitan)

Kassisso -   6 August 1999 (ordained by H.E. Clemis Abraham Metropolitan)
Ramban -

  7 May 2008     (ordained by H.E. Severios Kuriakose Metropolitan)

Metropolitan - 11 June 2008     (ordained by Patriarch H.H. Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas)
Current Responsibilities -

Auxiliary Metropolitan of the Knanaya Archdiocese (America, Canada & Europe region)

 

Mor Silvanos Ayub, the auxiliary bishop of the Knanaya archdiocese was elevated to high priest-hood along with Mor Ivanios Kuriakose on June 11, 2008 by His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas, the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and the supreme head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. The consecration ceremony was held at the St. Peter & St. Paul's Patriarchal Cathedral at Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus, Syria.  Their Eminences Mor Sevarios Kuriakose (Archbishop of Knanaya archdiocese), Mor Gregorios Kuriakose (Metropolitan of Kallisseri region of the Knanaya diocese), Mor  Timotheos Aphrem Aboodi (former Patriarchal Vicar for Canada), Mor Theophilos George Saliba ( Secretary to the Holy Synod) and Mor Clemis Daniel (Lebanon diocese) assisted His Holiness at this blessed consecration ceremony. The holy ceremony was attended by a large gathering of Rabans (Monks), Priests, Deacons, Nuns and around 75 Syrian Orthodox Faithful from India.

Mor Silvanos Ayub (formerly known as Rev. Fr. Job Thottathil) was born on April 18, 1972 as the son of Thottathil K O Uthup and Kunjujamma, Thurithikad. After attaining Commerce degree from the Calicut University in Kerala, he joined the St. Ephraim Seminary in Damascus, Syria, and later the Serampur University in India. On successful completion of his theological studies from both the institutions he was ordained priest on August 6, 1999 and was since then serving the Knanaya churches at London, Manchester and Bristol in Great Britain. In March 2008, the Knanaya Syrian Christian Association held at Mor Aphrem Seminary in Chingavanam, Kottayam choose Rev. Fr. Job Thottathil and Fr. Kuriakose Kolath as the new auxiliary metropolitans for the archdiocese and accordingly both were raised to the order of Ramban in May 2008. The Ramban ordination of Rev. Fr. Job Thottathil was held at the St. Peter & St. Paul's Patriarchal Cathedral at Ma`rrat Sayyidnaya, Damascus, Syria.

 

Photos from the Metropolitan Consecration ceremony of Mor Silvanos Ayoub & Mor Ivanios Kuraikose,

held on June 11, 2008 at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus, Syria

 

 

 External link to the official website of Mor Silvanos Ayub