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DBpedia 2016-04

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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Throne of St. Thomas or Malankara throne is the chair seated by the head of the Malankara Church when he is enthroned as the hierarch and given the title of Malankara Metropolitan. Tradition has it that Malankara Church was established by St. Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century in Malankara (Kerala). During the first fifteen centuries, the heads of the church were elders selected or elected from among elders of various parishes. No throne-like chairs or ottomans were known to have been in use for their enthronement. The first person to have been enthroned on this chair was Parampil Thomas Kathanar as Mar Thoma I, in 1653; since then this chair is known as Mar Thoma Throne/St. Thomas Throne. The Dutch model chair was said to be gifted by Raja of Thekkumkoor Dynasty who was against the Portuguese hegemony.The Malankara simhasanam (Malankara throne or Thomas throne) is now under the possession of Mar Thoma Syrian Church."@en }

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