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The latter reiterated the sentiment that it was no longer possible to achieve reconciliation between the two factions of the Malankara Church. He said he wanted both the factions of the Malankara Church to live in peace and harmony even as he called for dignity for all sections. In a televised message to thousands of Jacobite Syrian Church members here on the Patriarchal Day celebrations on Sunday, the Patriarch said he was one with the sufferings of the people in the Malankara Church and reiterated the unbreakable link between the Malankara Church and the throne of Antioch. Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in Malankara, and synod secretary Joseph Mar Gregorios were among those who spoke at the mammoth gathering. Catholicos Baselios Thoams I, head of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in Malanakara, arrives at the venue of the Patriarchal Day celebrations in Kochi on Sunday..