Indian Orthodox Church Head Feted

1/5/2012 UAE/Abu Dhbai: Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, felicitated Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, on the occasion of the 1960th anniversary of the establishment of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and the centenary celebrations of the establishment of the Catholicate of the East in India. Shaikh Nahyan highlighted the significance of hospitality and religious tolerance in the Islamic tradition and Arab culture in his address to the gathering at National Theatre Auditorium on Friday. He also stressed the importance of coexistence of different religions in the region