Mathews Mar Barnabas, 88, senior Metropolitan of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, passed away on Sunday. He breathed his last at 2.30 am at Pushpagiri Hospital, Tiruvalla, where he was undergoing treatment.
After resigning from American diocese as Metropolitan, he was at Ponkunnam Mar Kuriakose Dayara.
The funeral will be held at the St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Valayanchirangara near Perumbavoor, on Wednesday after morning prayers.