Fete to hail first Malayalam Bible

The Indian Malankara Orthodox Church 24/9/2012 The Indian Malnakara Orthodox Church will celebrate its 200th anniversary tomorrow (25th Tuesday 2012) The 200th anniversary of the first translation of the Bible into Malayalam will be celebrated by the Indian Malankara Orthodox Church in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Church historians say Philipose Ramban (Monk Priest), a scholar from Kayamkulam, translated the Bible from Syriac into Malayalam in 1811 to help the faithful get a better understanding of the scripture. Claudius Buchannan, a missionary who toured South India in the early 19th century, persuaded the Ramban to translate the holy book.