Rev. Fr. Tojo Baby was born and brought up in the village of Odanavattom in the southern district of Kollam, Kerala. After completing his high school education, he pursued undergraduate studies at St. Gregorios College, Kottarakara. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Kerala University in 2002.
Following his graduation, he was admitted to the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam, where he completed his Bachelor of Divinity in 2008. He later advanced his theological formation by pursuing the Licentiate in Biblical Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
Fr. Tojo was ordained as a priest of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in 2015 and served various parishes across Kerala from 2016 to 2022. In July 2022, he migrated to the United States and began his priestly ministry in the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church.
From July 2023 to June 2024, he served as the Vicar of St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Mascher Street, Philadelphia. In July 2024, he was appointed by the Diocesan Metropolitan as the Vicar of St. John’s Indian Orthodox Church, Drexel Hill, PA.
Fr. Tojo is married to Dr. Shiji M. Abraham, and they are blessed with two children, Adith and Abhay.
