Mar Andrews Commemoration Festival, Kallada Valiyapally Perunnal
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St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, West Kallada, Sasthamcotta, Kollam, Kerala, India
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Mar Andrews Commemoration Festival at St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, West Kallada is celebrated on the 18th and 19th of the Malayalam month of Kumbham. This is usually Mid February or March beginning.
Description:St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church at West Kallada is one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the Malankara Church. The Church has a history dating from AD 9th century.
Mar Andrews Bava and Kallada Valiyapally
Mar Andrews also called Kallada Valiyappan reached Mulanhthurthy in 1678 along with his three brothers, one of whom was a Ramban. He stayed for a long period there but later travelled eastward because of the non-cooperation of some of the inhabitants of the land.
He reached Vettikkal which was a trading centre between Kochi and Travancore. There, he found a chapel. He acquired a small piece of land near to it and started living there.
One of the brothers who were with him got married and continued to live in Mulanthuruthy. The Parumala Thirumeni and the Holy Kattumangadu Bavas who are born in this ancestry.
From Vettikkal Mar Andréws Bava travelled to Kuruppampadi, Puthenkavu, Manarkadu and from there to Kallada. A Christian church in the name of Mother Mary which was established in AD 9th century was present here. The antiquity of this shrine attracted Mar Andrews Bava. His last days were spent at Kallada.
When he expired, his body was buried below the Madbaha of the shrine. That many people received blessings through his intercession was a testimony to his saintliness. He died on the Kumbham 19th of the Malayalam calendar and so his commemoration feast is celebrated on that day.
Event id: 1714096308
Published on February 15th, 2019, 2:18 pm
Ver.1 Dated March 3rd, 2019, 4:30 pm
Contact St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, West Kallada at +91 476 283 3747.
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