Paulose Mar Athanasius Veliya Thrumeni was a prominent Syriac Orthodox bishop who served as the 18th Malankara Metropolitan from 1918 until 1953. Born in Angamaly in 1869, he held the position of Metropolitan for the Angamaly Diocese. Following the death of Kochuparambil Paulose Mor Koorilos, he was chosen to lead the Patriarch faction of the Malankara Church. His ecclesiastical career included being ordained as a priest in 1898 and elevated to the rank of monk shortly thereafter.