The article discusses the history of the formation of the Malankara Syrian Christian Association in 1969. It formed with the leadership of Metropolitan Paulose Mar Athanasius to unite various factions of the Malankara Church. The association brought together the Jacobite, Orthodox, CSI factions under one umbrella. However, Metropolitan Knanaya K.G. Yuhanon later broke away from the association to form the Knanaya Jacobite faction.