John Mathews (born 18 December 1952) is a New Testament scholar and Metropolitan of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church.
[3] John Mathews is the Secretary of the St. Thomas Orthodox Vaideeka Sangam, the Association of all Priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church[4] as well as the publisher of Purohithar, a magazine published by the St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Group from Kottayam.
[6] He teaches New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam.
[7] He pursued doctoral studies in New Testament at the Fordham University, New York City.
His doctoral dissertation was titled The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel.