The funeral rites of Athanasius Yohan I (K.P. Yohannan), metropolitan bishop of Believers Eastern Church, who died in a car accident in the U.S., are scheduled to be performed at the church headquarters in Thiruvalla on May 21.
Addressing an interim episcopal council of the church, administrator Samuel Mor Theophilus Episcopa said the mortal remains of the metropolitan were expected to be brought to India from the previous day and would be kept for public viewing at the church headquarters. The funeral rites will be held at St. Thomas Believers Eastern Church Cathedral the next day.
According to the church, Samuel Mor Theophilus was slated to officiate the ceremony in the presence of all the bishops of the Believers Eastern Church, after which the metropolitan would be laid to rest in the courtyard of the cathedral.
