Church condoles death of Kerala minister TM Jacob

Late Shri T M Jacob - Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister 1/11/2011 Read Letter of Condolence from His Holiness Patriarch Zakka Iwas ‘Commander T M Jacob a trusted Son of Syrian Orthodox Church’ – His Holiness Patriarch Zakka Iwas (Primate – Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East) ‘Shri T M Jacob was an excellent organizer’ – His Holiness Paulose II Catholicose of the East and Malankara Metropolitan (Primate – Indian Orthodox Church) ‘One of the greatest social/political personalities the state of Kerala has even witnessed’ – His Beatitude Thomas I, Catholicose of India and Metropolitan Trustee (Primate of Syrian Orthodox Church in India) The Syrian Orthodox Church has grieved the death of Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister TM Jacob who passed away at a private hospital in Kochi on Sunday. The head of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, in a letter condoled the death of Jacob who it said was a “good friend” of the Church. “We are grieved to hear about the sad demise.