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'''''[[Malankara Malpan Arch Corepiscopa]]'' Curien (Kurian) Kaniyamparambil''', alternatively spelled Kurian Kaniyamparambil, was a priest[[Priest Trustee]] and [[chorbishop|arch-chorebishop]] in the [[Malankara Jacobite SyrianSyriac ChristianOrthodox Church]] and a scholar of the [[Syriac language]], who translated the [[Bible]] (വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം) from the Syriac [[Peshitta]] text to [[Malayalam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacobiteonline.com/kaniyamparampil-achen/|title=97th Birthday of Malankara Malpan Korooso Desroro Very Rev Dr. Kurien Cor Episcopa Kaniamparambil on 27 February 2010 – Jacobite Online|website=www.jacobiteonline.com|language=en-US|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vishudha-grandham-ios.soft112.com/download.html|title=Vishudha Grandham – Download|website=vishudha-grandham-ios.soft112.com|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> This is the official bible translation used by [[Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Syriac Orthodox Church in India]].

Kaniyamparambil Achan was born on 27 February 1913 to Paulose and Aayamma of a well-known Christian family Kaniyamparambil in Kanjiramattom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://syriacchristianity.info/bio/Kaniamparambil.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102091606/http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/Kaniamparambil.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 January 2015|title=Malankara Malpan Kurien Kaniamparambil Corepiscopa|website=syriacchristianity.info|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> He did education in the schools at Kanjiramattom and Mulanthuruthy. Later he started learning the basics of Jacobite liturgy, Syriac and theology from Very Rev. Augen Ramban at Sion Kodanad. At the age of 15 he was able to master the sacred liturgical language Syriac. He modified Syriac prayer songs translated by Sabhakavi C P Chandy for usage in Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. He completed his college education from C.M.S College, Kottayam.

Kaniyamparambil Achan passed away at age 102 on 19 October 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.malankaraworld.com/Newsletter/MWJ/MWJ310/MWJ_310_features.htm|title=This Week's Features|website=www.malankaraworld.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://syriacchristianity.info/bio/Kaniamparambil.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102091606/http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/Kaniamparambil.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 January 2015|title=Malankara Malpan Kurien Kaniamparambil Corepiscopa|website=syriacchristianity.info|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/publications/contents/ap_1_2007.pdf|title=SYRIAC ORTHODOX SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND THE PROTESTANT CHALLENGE|last=ANTILA|first=JAAKKO|date=January 2007|website=www.helsinki.fi|access-date=9 May 2017}}</ref> The remains of Rev. (Dr.) Kurien Arch Corepiscopa, Kaniyamparambil are interred in a tomb in [[St Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Church|St.Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Church]] in [[Kanjiramattom]], [[Ernakulam District]], Kerala.

* ''Holy Bible'' (വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Visudha Grandham|publisher=The Syrian Orthodox Bible Society of India|year=1994|location=JSC Publications, Puthencruz|pages=1, 2}}</ref> ([[Bible translations into Malayalam|translation into Malayalam]])

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