Marthoma Thirunal 2013, Azhikode, Kodungallur
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Thirunal was held at Marthoma Pontifical Shrine, Azhikode, Kodungallur (The cradle of Christianity in India).
The right hand of St.Thomas is open for veneration for the devotees and the public irrespective of religion and caste.
The Jala-gosha-yatra participating more than 15 boats is a major attraction and believed to be the only Thirunal in the world having such an event. Jump time code 2:18:00 to watch the awesome procession of devotees in boats.
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First church in India, Kerala
St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Palayur is located at Palayur (also spelt Palayoor), in Thrissur district in Kerala on the west coast of India. According to tradition, it was established in 52 AD by St Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.[1] It is one of the oldest churches in India, second only to Kottakkavu Mar Thoma Church, North Paravur and is called an Apostolic Church credited to the Apostolate of St. Thomas who preached and also started conversion of people to Christianity here. It was part of the seven churches that he established in India; the other six churches were established at Cranganore, Kokkamangalam, Kottakkavu, Kollam, Niranam, and Chayal (Nilackal). The original small Church structure has been retained at the oldest site. But substantial improvements around it were carried out during the 17th century by Reverend Fenichi, as necessary, without sacrificing the main sanctity of the place.
Seven Churches established by St.Thomas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,India | ഏഴരപ്പള്ളികൾ | GV troop |
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ഏഴരപ്പള്ളികൾ or SEVEN AND HALF CHURCHES are the seven Churches or Christian communities across western coast of India founded by Thomas the Apostle in the first century.
According to Indian Christian traditions, the Apostle Thomas arrived in Kodungallur
(presently in the Indian state of Kerala) in AD 52,
established the Eight Churches and evangelised in present-day Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Regional names are;
1 Kodungalloor Church
2 Palayoor Church
3 Kottakkavu Church
4 Kokkamangalam Church
5 Nilakkal Church
6 Niranam Church
7 Kollam Church
8 Thiruvithamkode Church
| popular names and exact locations are given in the video |
| ക്രിസ്തുവിന്റെ പന്ത്രണ്ടു ശിഷ്യന്മാരിൽ ഒരാളായിരുന്ന “തോമാശ്ലീഹയാൽ” സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെട്ടതായി കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന ദേവാലയങ്ങളാണ് ഏഴരപ്പള്ളികൾ.
ക്രി.വ. 52-ൽ ഇദ്ദേഹം കേരളത്തിലെ മുസ്സിരിസ് അഥവാ കൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂരിലെത്തിയതായും ക്രിസ്തുമത പ്രചാരണോദ്ദേശ്യത്തോടെ എട്ടു ദേവാലയങ്ങൾ സ്ഥാപിച്ചതായും വിശ്വസിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
ഈ ദേവാലയങ്ങളിൽ പലതും യഹൂദന്മാരുടെ ആവാസകേന്ദ്രങ്ങളിലായിരുന്നു. ഏഴരപ്പള്ളികൾ എന്നറിയപ്പെട്ട ഈ പള്ളികളായി കരുതപ്പെടുന്നത് “മാല്യങ്കര (കൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂർ), പാലയൂർ (ചാവക്കാട്), കോക്കമംഗലം (ചേർത്തല), പരവൂർ (കോട്ടക്കാവ്), നിരണം, കൊല്ലം, നിലയ്ക്കൽ (ചായൽ), തിരുവിതാംകോട് (കന്യാകുമാരി)” എന്നിവയാണ്. മാല്യങ്കരയിൽ പണിത പള്ളി ഇവയിൽ ആദ്യത്തേതാണെന്നു കരുതപ്പെടുന്നു.
അതു പോലെ തിരുവിതാംകോടുള്ള പള്ളിയെ അരപ്പള്ളിയായി ഗണിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഏഴരപ്പള്ളികളിൽ കേരളത്തിനു പുറത്തുള്ള ഏക ദേവാലയവും ഇതാണ്. അരപ്പള്ളിയില്ലാതെ ഏഴു പള്ളികളെ മാത്രം ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയുള്ള പട്ടികയും നിലവിലുണ്ട് |
Syrian Christians history -part no 1
Syrian Christians history -part no 1
Mar-Thoma Crkva / Azhikode / Indija
Marthoma Crkva / Azhikode / Indija
Sveti Toma došao je 52.god.na Jugo-Istočnu obalu Indije i osnovao prvu krščansku zajednicu u selu Azhikode.To je bila prva od sedam zajednica koje je Sv.Toma u toku od 20.god.osnovao u Indiji.
U toku 2000.tisuće godina Toma -Crkva razvijala se u različitim oblicima i običajima tako da danas imamo 9 različitih obreda,koji nisu u zajednici sa Rimo-katoličkoj crkvi Rima.
Mi nečemo detaljno ulaziti u ta razdvajanja ne slaganja u obredima
jer u ovim prostorima nemamo dovoljno mjesta da bi razlike i oblike
služenja svete mise pojedinačno uspoređivali,nego mi ćemo posjetiti 7 crkava koje je Sv.Toma osnovao.
Kako su se te zajednice poslije Sv.Tome kroz stoljeća razvijale i tko ih je vodio,ostavit čemo onima,koji su već u samim poćecima krščanstva radili ne za zajedništvo,nego svaki je na svoj naćin tumačio Evanđelje i nama u XXI.st.ostavio baštinu ne jedinstva nego suprotnosti,koje se i te kako osjete sve do danas a posebno u Indiji.Ne prođe niti jedan mjesec da ne čujemo napade ,paljenja crkvi i oružane napade na krščane u Indiji.
Naš put su divne crkve koje je osnovao Sv.Toma a samo uz put spomenut čemo kome pripadaju i kojem obredu i tko vodi ove crkve; prepustit čemo teolozima.
Prva crkva koju je osnovao Sv.Toma nosi naziv Mar-Thoma crkva poznatije objašnjenje / Crkva Apostola Tome /.Slijedbenici ove crkve broje danas oko 1.mil.vjernika a predvodi ove vjernike Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan sa sjedištem u Kerala,/ Indien.
Mar-Thoma crkvu po svijetu zastupa biskup Isaac Mar Philoxenos Episcopat i centar je u New York.
31.10 .2013 pakalomattam tharavadu palliMOSHANAM MLA ,MP, FATHER ,BITS
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2000 വർഷങ്ങൾക്കു മുൻപ് st തോമസ് ജൂത കച്ചവടക്കാരായ ഒരു കുടുംബത്തെ ക്രിസ്തിയ മത പരിവർത്തനം നടത്തുകയും അവരുടെ നാടായ ഇരപ്പേലി എന്ന സ്ഥലത്തു മാതാവിന്റെ പേരിൽ ഒരു പള്ളി സ്ഥാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഇപ്പോൾ 20 നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകൾക്ക് ശേഷം st ജോർജ് പുണ്ണ്യാളന്റെ പേരിൽ കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രധാന തീർത്ഥാടന കേന്ദ്രം ആയി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു . അന്നത്തെ ആ ഇരപ്പേലി എന്ന നാടിന്റെ ഇന്നത്തെ പേര് ???????
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The first edifice of the church at Irapeli was made of granite stones in the manner of Hindu temples. As it is traditionally believed that St. Thomas, the apostle of India who preached the Christian faith in the important and popular villages of Malabar. It is believed that St.Thomas visited Irapeli and converted a prominent Jewish trader family named Thengummoottil to Christianity and laid a cross on the banks of the Meenachil River. Local traditions also support this belief. This is the first church in the Palai diocese and was built in the 1st century. St. Thomas founded seven and a half churches there. (He laid a cross at Irapoli making the church of Irapeli the half church.) It is reported that the church was rebuilt once or twice before the 16th century. The ancient churches were constructed and maintained by the Thengummoottil family until the 16th century. In the beginning of the 16th century a new church was built under the leadership of Kallarackal Kathanar by the parishioners.
The church was first dedicated to the Virgin Mother, assumed into heaven. In the 14th century when either the Nilackal Church or the Chayal Church founded by St. Thomas was destroyed, several families migrated to Irapeli bringing with them a statue of St. George. Ever since the advent of the statue, the people began to have unflinching faith in the saint and he has been particularly beneficial in bestowing favours on his followers. Because of the numerous favours obtained through the intercession of the saint, in the 16th century, the church was dedicated to him and his statue was placed in the central niche above the main altar. As a result, St. Mary’s church Irapeli became known as St. George’s Church Irapeli.
The 16th-century church was demolished in 1951 but the sanctuary with its vaulting within the right transept of the cruciform church was preserved to enshrine the statue of St. George, its second patron. Some believe the statue to be miraculous. The church is a cruciform building in the Gothic style, facing to the west towards Jerusalem. It was completed in 1952.
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⏹️CHRONICLE: EARLY PERIOD ⏬
#AD50: November St Thomas the Apostle lands at Maliamkara near Kodungalloor the Chera
royal capital. He converts a few and after a week goes to Chola Kingdom and China.
AD 51: November St Thomas arrives again at Maliamkara.
AD 52: Conversions and establishment of Church ( = a full fledged ecclesial unit with
liturgical leaders) at the Chera royal city of Maliamkara. He starts such Churches or
communities at Kollam, Thrikpaleswaram, Chayal, Niranam, Kokamangalam,
Kottakayal, Palur. Thrikpaleswaram was shifted to Niranam because of adversities.
AD 59: St Thomas goes to Mylapur and Chola Kingdom, conversions and establishment of
Church.
AD 62: St Thomas returns to Malankara coast via Malayatur where he establishes ‘the half
Church’ (a small Christian community dependant on the Church of Maliamkara).
AD 69: St Thomas goes to Pandi and other kingdoms
AD 72 July 3: St Thomas martyred at Mylapur.
AD 50-100: Thomas stories and legends develop in South India. The most famous develop orally in the so called Seven and half Churches. Christian persecutions result in emigrations to Angamaly, Pallipuram, Kaduthuruthy and Kuravilangad. Marian
apparitions at Kuravilangad
AD 100-180 :South Indian Thomas stories reach Persia, Mesopotamia and especially Edessa.
AD 190 :Pantaenus visits South India at the invitation of Christians there.
200-250 :Relics of Thomas arrives in Edessa from Mylapur. A revised version of the Acts of
Judas Thomas written in Syriac.
295 :Mar David of Basra leaves for South India.
325 :Council of Nicaea
363-365 :Mar Aprem describes the powerful relics of Thomas in Edessa brought from India by a Christian merchant.
381 :Council of Constantinople
440: Daniel the Indian scholar helps the translation works at the School of Edessa.
470: Mar Ma’na of Riwardashir sends liturgical and hymn books in Persian and Syriac to
India.
500-1000:Crosses of Mylapur, Kodungallur (two crosses now at Kottayam Valiyapally),
Kaduthuruthy (two crosses), Alangad, Muttuchira, Kothanallur and Kadamattam,
and Goa. Two similar crosses are from Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) and Singanfou
(China). To call them ‘Persian Crosses’ would be a misnomer. Excavations will
result in the discovery of similar crosses from Malabar.
522 :Cosmas Indicopleustes visits the Indian and East Syrian Christians here.
660: East Syrian Patriarch Isho Yahb III rebukes Mar Simeon of Riwardashir for neglect of
sending bishops to India.
760 :Church of India reconstituted under the Metropolitan and Gate of All India.
813: Arrival of Persian bishops Mar Sapor and Mar Proth at Kollam.
1002: Oldest Syriac inscription so far discovered, at the step of the altar at the old Cathedral of
Palai.
1291: John Monte Corvino visits India.
1295: Marco Polo visits Malabar and Mylapur.
1301: Fourteen year old Deacon Scaria son of Yawsep son of Scaria writes Vat Syr 22 at the
Church of Mar Kuriakose at Kodungallur. It is an East Syriac lectionary on Pauline
letters. Metropolitan Mar Yakob sits on “The Throne St Thomas” and Yahb Allaha III
is the Patriarch. This is the oldest surviving Syriac manuscript of Indian origin.
1321 :Four Franciscans martyred at Thane near Mumbai.
1321: Dominican Jordanus Catalani visits India.
1329 : Pope John XXII sends bishop Jordanus Catalani to Kollam.
1341 :Ancient city of Kodungallur (Muchiri) disappears in natural calamity.
1350: Papal Nuncio John Maringoly visits Kollam.
1425: Nicolo Conti visits the East Syriac
Christians at Mylapur.
1496: East Syrian bishops Mar Thoma and Mar Yohannan arrive from Mesopotamia.
⏹️ PERIOD OF MILD LATINIZATION ⏬
1498 :Vasco de Gama lands at Kozhikod (Calicut).
1502 :Joseph the Indian priest visits Portugal and Rome.
1503 :Kochi under Portuguese rule.
1504: East Syrian bishops Mar Thoma, Mar Yahb Alaha, Mar Denha and Mar Yakob arrive in
Malabar.
1504 :Kodungallur captured by the Portuguese. Syrian Christians begin to leave Kodungallur.
1510 :Portuguese Franciscans arrive in India.
1540: Franciscans start a seminary at Kodungallur.
1541 :Jesuits start St Paul’s seminary at Goa.
1542: Francis Xavier and Jesuits in Malabar.
1547: St Thomas Cross discovered at Mylapur.
1552: Hierarchy in Goa.
1558 :Chaldean bishops Mar Abraham and Mar Joseph in Malabar.
1565 :Angamaly Archdiocese.
1577: Vypinkotta Seminary.
1597 :Death of Mar Abraham the last Chaldean Metropolitan of India.
⏹️PERIOD OF WILD LATINIZATION ⏬
1599: Udayamperur (Diamper) Synod. Latin rule forced upon St Thomas Christians. Forceful latinizations go on.
1601 All India jurisdiction of St Thomas Christians restricted to Malabar. Jesuit Francis Roz
appointed for St Thomas Christians.
1609 Kodungallur becomes diocese instead of Angamaly.
1624 Dominican Seminary at Kaduthuruthy.
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The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Nasrani or Malankara Nasrani or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethnoreligious community of Malayali Syriac Christians from Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The terms Syrian or Syriac relate not to their ethnicity but to their historical, religious, and liturgical connection to Syriac Christianity. The term Nasrani was derived from Semitic languages like Syriac (نصرانی) and Arabic (نصارى) and refers to Christians in general.
Historically, this community was organised as the Province of India of the Church of the East in the 8th century, served by Nestorian bishops and a local dynastic Archdeacon. The Church of the East eventually declined in the 16th century due to outside influences like the Islamic invasion and the influence of the Catholic Church. The Schism of 1552 split the Church of the East into two factions, the independent Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church which is in full communion with Rome. Both the factions follow the East Syriac Liturgy of the historic Church of the East.
In the 16th century the overtures of the Portuguese padroado to bring the Saint Thomas Christians into the Catholic Church led to the first of several rifts in the community. The majority of Nasranis joined in formal communion with Rome, to form the Syro-Malabar Church which is distinct and separate from the Western Latin Church but is one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The remaining group entered into a new communion with the Syriac Orthodox Church, to form an Oriental Orthodox (Malankara Church) Church. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church follows the East Syriac Liturgy of the historic Church of the East, traditionally attributed to Saints Addai and Mari which dates back to 3rd-century Edessa. The Malankara Church follows the West Syriac Liturgy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, traditionally attributed to Saint James, and is an ancient rite of the Early Christian Church of Jerusalem. Since that time further splits have occurred, and the Saint Thomas Christians are now divided into several different Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, and independent bodies, each with their own liturgies and traditions.The Eastern Catholic faction is in full communion with the Holy See in Rome. This includes the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. The Syro-Malankara Church were a minority faction within the Oriental Orthodox faction that joined in communion with Rome in 1930 under Bishop Mar Ivanios. The Oriental Orthodox faction includes the Malankara Orthodox Church and the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church. The Malankara Orthodox Church is headed by the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan in Kottayam, India. Whereas the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church is an integral part of the Syriac Orthodox Church and is headed by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch in Damascus, Syria. Independents include the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church and the Chaldean Syrian Church of India. The Marthoma Syrian Church were a part of the Malankara Church that went through a reformation movement under Abraham Malpan due to influence of British Anglican missionaries in the 1800s. The Mar Thoma Church follows a reformed variant of the liturgical West Syriac Rite. The Chaldean Syrian Church is an archbishopric of the Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq. They were a minority faction within the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, who split off and joined with the Church of the East Bishop during the 1700s.Saint Thomas Christians represent a multi-ethnic group. Their culture is largely derived from East Syriac, West Syriac and Hindu influences, blended with local customs and later elements derived from indigenous Indian and European colonial contacts. Their language is Malayalam, the language of Kerala, and Syriac i ...