Gabriel Mar Gregorios is Metropolitan of the Diocese of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church .

Mar Gregorios was born Kanjickal John Gabriel, the third son of Chacko John (Kanjickal, Thumpamon) and Aleyamma (Mulamoottil, Kudassanad). His early education was at St. Stephen's High School, in Pathanapuram

Pathanapuram

Pathanapuram is an administrative division situated in the Western Ghats in the Kollam District of Kerala state of India. It is about 13 km from industrial town Punalur...

 . He studied English literature at Baselios College, Kottayam

Kottayam

Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...

 before completing his theological studies at the M.D. Seminary in Kottayam and at Serampore University. Later he received a master's degree in New Testament Studies from the Institut Catholique de Paris. He did research work on the epistles of Saint Paul at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Its degree programs include Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Philosophy. It offers concentrations in urban ministry, Bible, environment,...

 and post-doctoral research at Cambridge University.

Gabriel was ordained deacon on November 4, 1969 and as priest on February 8, 1974. He was vicar of various parishes in Bombay, Delhi

Delhi

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, Kottayam, and Trivandrum dioceses for over thirty years. He was Registrar and Director of F.F.R.R.D. and competently represented the Indian Orthodox Church at ecumenical organizations such as the Orthodox-Marthoma Dialogue Forum, the Orthodox-Lutheran Dialogue Forum, the Bible Society Kerala Auxiliary Committee, and the Theological Literature Forum. He is a Fellow of the George Bell Institute, England and a professor of New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam since 1982. In addition he is an Administrative Committee Member of Serampore University. He has authored many theological books, including Towards a New Humanity, Towards the Grace of God, and Cross and Grace.

Gabriel was consecrated as Metropolitan by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas and Malankara Metropolitan, Baselius Mar Thoma Mathews II, at the Parumala St. Peter and St. Paul Seminary Church on 5 March 2005.