The preliminary services of the Holy Mooron (Chrism) consecration being held by the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church began at 5.15pm on Thursday as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Mulanthuruthy Synod. Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II leads Holy Mooron consecration rites at St Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencruz, marking 150 years of Mulanthuruthy Synod.