| Type: | Metropolitan |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Abraham Mor Clemis | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Archbishop of Knanaya Archdiocese |
| Metropolitan of Malankara Grant Metropolitan of the East | |
| Church: | Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch |
| Archdiocese: | Knanaya Syrian Archdiocese |
| See: | Holy Apostolic See of Antioch & All East |
| Appointed: | --> |
| Term: | 1947 — 2002 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Successor: | Severios Kuriakose |
| Other Post: | Metropolitan Trustee (1957-58) |
| Ordination: | 15 January 1947 |
| Ordained By: | Yulios Elias Qoro |
| Consecration: | 15 April 1951 |
| Consecrated By: | Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum |
| Rank: | Senior Metropolitan |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Vaikom, Ranni, Travancore, British Raj |
| Death Place: | Lisie Hospital, Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India |
| Buried: | St. John's Dayro church, Mor Epiram Seminary Chingavanam, Kottayam |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Religion: | Jacobite Syrian Christian Church |
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| Education: | B.A. from St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, M.A. (Hons.) in Political Science from Annamalai University, B.D. Syriac & Theology Studies from Theological Seminary Mosul, M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary (New York City), United States of America |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University, Annamalai University |
Mor Clemis Abraham, the Great Metropolitan of the East (born as Abraham, 1918–2002) was the senior metropolitan (1957–58) of Syriac Orthodox Church.[1] [2] [3] He was in charge of Knanaya Syrian Archdiocese.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Mor Clemis Abraham did his primary education at the Vaikom Town Government Lower Primary School.[9] His secondary education was in MS Higher Secondary School, Ranni in 1934.[10] and later joined St. Mary's High School in Aluva. He passed his pre-degree from CMS College Kottayam and joined St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai for Bachelor of Arts. He did his master's degree in political science from Annamalai University, studied Syriac and theology studies at the Theological Seminary in Mosul. In 1960 he obtained a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, United States of America.[11]
He had an audience with the pope of Rome at Vatican on July 29, 1960, and on May 14, 1980, Mor Clemis visited the pope again at Vatican with Patriarch Mor Ya`qub III.[12]
Clemis Abraham passed away at Lissie Hospital in Ernakulam on September 29, 2002. At the time of his death, Mor Clemis was the senior most Metropolitan of the Syriac Orthodox Church all over the world and the longest serving bishop in the history of the Malankara Church. His mortal remains were interred at St. John's Dayara Church, Chingavanam on October 1, 2002 after funeral rites were led by Baselios Thomas I, Mor Yulius Yeshu` Çiçek of Europe, and other Metropolitans of Malankara.
Qooberneeyto Hakeemo Mor Clemis Abraham, A Tribute from St. Mary's Knanaya Church, 2017