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Sarah Chakko was a
Syrian Orthodox lay woman from Kerala, India who became an international ecumenical
leader. She was elected president of the World Council of Churches (1951).
She spoke at the World Council of Churches "First Assembly" held in
Amsterdam in 1948. She was appointed to serve as
an official delegate of the Syrian Orthodox Church to the World Council of
Churches' "Second Assembly" in Evanston, Illinois
(U.S.A.) but died suddenly a few months before the meeting occured. As an
educator from Trichur, Kerala in India, she was active in youth organizations sponsored by
the Methodist church. She studied at the graduate level at several
universities including taking an M.A. in Education at the
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
(U.S.A.). She served for nearly a decade as the principle of
Isabella Thoburn College in
Lucknow, India. In 1952, she
hosted the first World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting in
Asia at the college.1, 3
Names
- Chakko, Sarah1
Birth
February 13, 1905
Death
January 25, 1954
Notes
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- 1 Margaret Kurian, Sarah Chakko
- 2 M. Kurian, Sarah Chakko: A Voice of Women in Ecumenical Movement
- 3 Leonie Liveris, Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice: Challenges for Orthodox Women and the Church , p: 38-41.
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