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Assyrian Church of the East Metropolitan of India

Mar Aprem Mooken (born George Mooken) is the Metropolitan of the Assyrian Church of the East (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ) in India (Chaldean Syrian Church).

Mar Aprem Mooken Metropolitan, head of India's Assyrian Church of the East, came to see Amma and welcome her to the region.

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Mar Aprem Mooken of India indicates that many priests of the Assyrian Church of the East follow the old practice of not including the Words of Institution.

Early life

George Mooken was born on 13 June in Thrissur, Kingdom of Cochin, British India. Educated in India, England, and America, he specialized in Church History. He served as President of the Church History Association of India between and He studied at Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur for B.D.

George Mooken gained master's degrees in Church History from both the United Theological College, Bangalore () and the Union Theological Seminary, New York (). He was ordained a deacon on 25 June , and a priest four years later on 13 June He was consecrated Bishop on 21 September , by Mar Thoma Darmo, Catholicos Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East, taking the name Mar Aprem Mooken, and promoted as a Metropolitan of the Ancient Chu