Mar Thoma Cheria Pally Compound, Kothamangalam (Kothamangalam)

India / Kerala / Kothamangalam / National Highway 85 (New)
 church, pilgrimage
Mar Thoma Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cheria Pally, Kothamangalam - Eldo Mar Baselious Bava
Mar Thoman Cheria pally, Kothamangalam is one of the most prominent parishes in India under the see of the Holy Patriarch of Antioch.
According to the popular belief, the first church at Kothamangalam, Marth Mariam Valiyapally, was established in the 4th century AD by a few Syriac Christian families who migrated from Paravur and Angamali. Among the later Christian inhabitants of the place included a few Syrian Knanaites who eventually intermingled with the local Christian community. By the 14th century Kothamangalam, a Syrian Christian centre, became a a major hub for trade with the neighbouring state of Tamilnadu. The Marth Mariam Valiyapally was the only Syriac Christian church there at that time. By the middle of the 15th century some disputes surfaced in the Valiyapally which led to the separation of 18 families from there. It was these families who eventually built the historical Mor Thoma Cheriapally nearby. Initially a Cross was established there in 1455 at the land allotted by the local administrator. Later a small church was erected at the place which was rebuilt in 1504.
The holy remains of HH Eldo Mor Baselios Bava is entombed here. Inscription in the church, recording the life and death of Mor Baselious Yeldho & his companion, Mor Ivanious is attached above.

The Annual Feast of church is commemorated on Kanni 19th & 20th ME and many thousands of believers find solace in the blessings got from the holy visit.


www.cheriapally.org/about.htm
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Coordinates:   10°3'45"N   76°37'43"E

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