Malayattoor Church Kurisumudy Pilgrimage And Mass Timing
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Kurisumudy View Point, Malayattor Kurisumudy Holy Path, Malayattoor, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
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Schedule and Timing:
Malayattoor Pilgrimage starts with the lent season. In 2019 the lent starts on 4th March and ends on Easter which is 21st April. The 2019 Malayattoor Perunnal date is 28th April and the octave is on 5th May.
Malayattoor Kurisumudi Mass timings as follows.
- Holy mass on all days at 9.30am.
- Sunday mass at 7.30am and 9.30am.
- Night vigil on first Friday of the month starts from the foothills at 7.00 pm.
Malayattoor church feast on the first Sunday after Easter. Ettamidom on the following Sunday.
Dukrana Thirunal feast on July 3rd every year. Holy Mass at 7.30 am and 9.30 am.
September 14th, Feast of the Holy Cross. Holy Mass at 7.30 am and 9.30 am.
Christmas day service starts at 11.45 pm on 24th December.
New year service and year-end prayers start at 11.30 pm on 31st December.
Description:Malayattoor Kurisumudi blessed by the visit of St. Thomas is a Christian pilgrim centre on the Malayattoor hills of the western ghats. It is a year-long pilgrim centre attracting hundreds of thousands of devotees, especially during the lent season.
Many devotees come by walk from miles away, often carrying a cross to climb the Malayattoor Mala.
History of Malayattoor Church
St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ came to Kerala in AD 52. Those days Kodungalloor was an important port and commercial centre and many Jews lived there.
St. Thomas preached the Gospel at many places and established churches at seven places in Kerala. He also went preaching to Tamil Nadu and established a small community at Thiruvithamcode which later came to be called as the Arapally.
People mostly used sea transport but used to go by foot or on horses to reach Tamil Nadu. There existed a route through the Malayattoor hills to connect the two important port cities of the time; Kodungalloor of the Chera dynasty and Madurai of the Pandya dynasty.
Malayattoor was trading centre those days is still called and the foothills are still called Vaniyathadam / Vanibhathadam.
St, Thomas is believed to have visited Malayattoor on his second apostolic visit in AD 62. Since the difference in language and rituals, local people did not receive him well and also received threats. He climbed the hills and spend several days on prayer. He is believed to have received a vision as well. He then climbed down and preached the gospel and many turned to Christianity at this time.
Event id: 245103960
Published on July 23rd, 2018, 1:48 pm
Ver.4 Dated April 28th, 2019, 4:30 pm
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