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Niranam Pally also known as St Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church is believed to be one of the oldest churches in India. The church was founded by St. Thomas in AD 54. On his way from Kollam in the northeast direction, he arrived at Niranam "Thrikpapaleswaram" by sea. The church was reconstructed several times with some parts dating back to a ...
The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [1] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [2] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. [1]
The Church of the East was the earliest form of Christianity in India, as adopted by the St Thomas Christians of the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) from at least the third century, and possibly much earlier.
India: Anglican (Church of South India) Morning Star Church; under the collective churches of Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health: 5,574 10,000 seated inside, 40,000 seated outside 2013 Velankanni, Tamil Nadu India: Catholic: The church has been built without pillars. It is ranked among the largest Christian worship places in Asia. Lincoln ...
The current building is known as Puthanpally (New Church) for this reason. The construction of this church, the biggest church in India was done in different phases, starting from the year 1929. The two front towers are of 146 feet (45 m) height each and the central tower of 260 feet (79 m) height makes this church the 3rd tallest in Asia ...
This list of the largest evangelical megachurches contains evangelical Christian megachurches by weekly attendance. Large churches from other denominations, like Catholicism , are not included as they are not deemed to belong to the megachurch phenomenon which by definition is part of Protestantism .
The Church of South India ... With a membership of nearly four million, [4] [5] it is the second-largest Christian church based on the number of members in India. History
A cathedral (from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, [1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese. Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica Fortcochin. This is the list of cathedrals in India sorted by denomination.