This cache brings you to the Orthodox Syrian Church at Brickfields. The Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Malaysia. It comes under the episcopal jurisdiction of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church's Diocese of Asia Pacific, led by Metropolitan Yuhanon Mar Diascoros.
Oriental Orthodox migrant workers from India formed the first organised groups that met to worship in the Young Men's Christian Association in Kuala Lumpur in the 1920s. In 1932, the group was registered as the Syrian Christian Union. The first priest was appointed in 1936 when T. I. Joseph was appointed vicar for Malaya.
In 1984, Fr. Philip Thomas was ordained as the first Malaysian Oriental Orthodox priest by Thomas Mar Thimotheos, Metropolitan of the Diocese of Malabar. The Orthodox Syrian Church in Malaysia currently has six congregations in Malaysia and is a full member of the Council of Churches of Malaysia.
The Geocache
This geocache is part of the Religious Diversity (RD) Series of caches located in the melting pot of humanity in Brickfields that highlights the different houses of worship of the different religion. It is located near the fence and you do not need to enter the church compound.