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The Syrian Orthodox Church in India (Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church), one of the various St. Thomas Christian churches in India, is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All Of The East, with the Patriarch of Antioch as its supreme head. The local head of the church in Malankara (Kerala) is Baselios Thomas I, ordained by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas in 2002 and accountable to the Patriarch of Antioch. The headquarters of the church in India is at Puthencruz near Ernakulam in the state of Kerala in South India. Simhasana Churches and Honavar Mission is under the direct control of Patriarch. Historically, the St. Thomas Christians were part of the Church of the East, based in Persia which was under the Patriarch of Antioch until Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon(410 AD.) and reunited with Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch since c. 1652.[157] Syriac monks Mar Sabor and Mar Proth arrived at Malankara between the 8th and 9th centuries from Persia.[158] They established churches in Quilon, Kadamattom, Kayamkulam, Udayamperoor, and Akaparambu.[159]