About Us 

Starting in the mid-1980's, the faithful Christians in the Denver area longed to have their own traditional worship.  With the permission and blessing of His Eminence Archbishop late Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel of blessed memory, Rev. Fr. Bobby Joseph, conducted the first Holy Mass at the residence of Mr.Tharian Mattamana and named the parish as St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church, Denver.

In 2002, it was a great blessing that God Almighty selected Very Rev. Fr. Raban Aby Kurian Pathickal to be a blessed leader to this congregation (later he became our Archdiocesan Archbishop H. E. Mor Theethose Yeldho). Under his efficient leadership we registered a constitution (under the new name St. Mary's Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church), and purchased a church (primarily using member donations) in December 2003. The church building at 3410 West Walsh Place was inaugurated on May 22, 2004 by His Eminence Mor Thethos Yeldo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church of North America and attended by His Eminence Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim, Archbishop of Syriac Orthodox Church of the Eastern USA. Since then, the church has coordinated a solid foundation with Sunday School, St. Mary's Women's League and Youth Associations.

After the inauguration, the following priests have served as vicars of our growing church:  Rev. Fr. Babu Peringoal in 2003; Rev. Fr. James Scaria in 2004 who later became bishop H. G. Mor Aphrem Mathews; and Rev. Fr. George Parathuvayalil from 2004 to present, and the first resident priest. 

We now have weekly services to fulfill the needs of the growing Syrian Christain community in Denver. The vicar and the managing committee of St. Mary's Jacobite Church would also like to take this occasion to especially thank all people in the US and all over the world for their donations in aiding in the development of our church.  We wish you all the best and God's blessings now and always.