The Extra ordinary General Body of the St.Gregorios Indian Orthodox Maha Edavaka held on 26th April 2011 presided by the Diocesan Metropolitan of Calcutta Diocese H.G. Dr.Joseph Mar Dionysius declared the birth of St.Basil Indian Orthodox Church.
The lead role taken by the members of the “Mar Basalios Orthodox Fellowship “, an independent spiritual and charitable organization of the St.Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church members ( founded in 1996 ) along with several other Parish Members requested to the Diocesan Metropolitan H.G. Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius to have a separate independent church in Kuwait under the Calcutta Diocese of the Malankara Indian Orthodox Syrian Church under the spiritual guidance of H.H. Moran Mar Basalios Marthoma Poulose II
The St. Basil Indian Orthodox Parish was founded in the name of “St.Basil the Great”’. He was also known as the Basil of Caesarea. He was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappodica, Turkey.