St._Mary's_Cathedral,_Kundara

St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara

St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara

Church in Kundara, India

St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, located in Kollam District of Kerala also known as Gothara Idavaka preserved generation of Pakalomattam family who baptized by Saint Thomas, is a Jacobite Syrian Christian Church. As per tradition, Most church members belong to the Pakalomattom family known as Vilayil Tharakan Gothram, the part of the family branch communion.[1]

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A part of what is claimed to be the Holy Girdle of the Virgin Mary, which according to a medieval legend was dropped by her from the sky to Saint Thomas the Apostle at or around the time of her assumption to heaven, was given to the cathedral in 1972.[2][3]

Altars

The Major altar dedicated to Saint Mary Mother of God others for Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint Thomas the Apostle, Saint George and Saint Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala

  • Front View of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara
  • Holy Girdle of St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kundara
  • Holy Altar of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara
  • Shrine of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara
  • Shrine of Old Parish Chapel
  • Side view of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara
  • Stone Cross of St. Mary's Cathedral Kundara
  • Old Parish Chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Pakalomattam Family Branch
  2. [2]
    "The revered relic". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. [3]
    http://kundarastmarysjsc.com/church_history.php


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