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Historical St. Thomas Chruch @ Arappally



Historical St. Thomas Chruch @ Arappally

 

 

·         It is believed by the Christian communities that the Historic Thiruvithamcode   Arappally, also called Amalagiri church as named by the Chera King  Uthiyan Cheralathan, was built by St. Thomas, known as the Apostle of India, in 63 AD.

·         Christians believe that Saint Thomas, the Apostle arrived in Kerala around AD 52. He landed at Muziris (now known as Pattanam, near Cochin on the Malabar Coast).

·         It is believed that he build 7 churches in kerela and travancore in Kanyakumari District.

·         It claims to be the world's oldest church that still has daily prayers and India's oldest church that haven't been reconstructed till now.  The church has three main parts built in the 17th century and a 20th-century entrance hall. Its walls are built of locally quarried stone, chiseled with a multi-tipped chisel, a technique known in Kerala and possibly introduced there by foreign contact in the 16th century.

·         Thiruvithamcode (also spelled Thiruvithancode, Thiruvithankodu and Thiruvithangodu) is a small panchayat town located in the Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about 20 km from Nagercoil, and 2 km from Thuckalay.

·         The church today maintained by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, Baselios Marthoma Didimos I proclaimed the church as an international St. Thomas pilgrim center on 16 December 2007.



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