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Christianity is the third-largest practiced religion in Kerala, accounting for 18% of the population according to the 2001 Indian census. [1] According to traditional accounts, Thomas the Apostle sailed to the Malabar region in 52 AD and introduced Christianity to the area. [ 2 ]
1 August 1874 – Chaldean bishop Mar Elia Melus arrived in Kerala; 25 October 1874 – Mar Melus excommunicated by Rome. Origin of Suryis of Thrisur (Assyrian Church of the East) 26 April 1876 – Birth of Sr. Mariam Thressia at Puthenchira, Thrisur; 12 October 1877 – Episcopal ordination of Bishop Marcellinus OCD
Saint Thomas Christian services have many unique characteristics compared to others. Prior to the 1970s, the Nasrani Qurbana was completely sung in Syriac. Many of the tunes of the Saint Thomas Christian worship in Kerala, especially those in the East Syriac tradition, are remnants of ancient Syriac tunes of antiquity. [243] [244] [245]
History of the Malankara Brethren Churches (Malankarayilae Verpadu Sabhakalude Charithram) by Mahakavi K.V. Simon, Chapter 16 Workers.Page 357–362 in the 1999 edition. This book was first published in November 1938 (Malayalam year 1114, Thulam), and republished by Sathyam Publications in Tiruvalla, Kerala, in February 199
Christianity is the predominant religion in the northeastern states of Nagaland, Mizoram Meghalaya, and Manipur. There are substantial Christian populations, in the regions of Arunachal, Assam, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [236]
Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198263777. Seleznyov, Nikolai N. (2010). "Nestorius of Constantinople: Condemnation, Suppression, Veneration: With special reference to the role of his name in East-Syriac Christianity". Journal of Eastern Christian Studies. 62 (3– 4): 165– 190.
The Christians of Kuravilangad has a history of 1st century. As per the belief Saint Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ came to Kerala in AD 52. Later he installed a church at Palayur, Chavakkad, presently in Thrissur District of Kerala. He baptised some Hindu families at St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church, Palayur. The families ...
The Malankara Rite is the form of the West Syriac liturgical rite practiced by several churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community in Kerala, India.West Syriac liturgy was brought to India by the Syriac Orthodox Bishop of Jerusalem, Gregorios Abdal Jaleel, in 1665; in the following decades the Malankara Rite emerged as the liturgy of the Malankara Church, one of the two churches that ...