St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, located in

Kollam District Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea seaport and an in ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

also known as ''Gothara Idavaka'' preserved generation of Pakalomattam family who baptized by Saint Thomas, is a

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (JSCC), or the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India also known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Jacobite Syrian Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, ...

. As per tradition, Most church members belong to the

Pakalomattom family The Pakalomattam family is an ancient Marthoma Nasrani ( Syrian Christian) family in Kerala, India. According to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the family "solely supplied bishops and archdeacons to the Church n Indiatil ...

known as ''Vilayil Tharakan Gothram'', the part of the family branch communion. A part of what is claimed to be the

Holy Girdle The Holy Girdle, also known as the Girdle of Thomas, Holy Girdle of Mary, Holy ''Zoonoro'', (or) ''Zunoro'', and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus, is a relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is one of the important relics of Syriac ...

of the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

, which according to a medieval legend was dropped by her from the sky to Saint

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

at or around the time of her assumption to heaven, was given to the cathedral in 1972.http://kundarastmarysjsc.com/church_history.php

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The Major altar dedicated to

Saint Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

Mother of God others for Saint Peter the Apostle, Saint

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

and Saint Geevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala

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of St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kundara File:Holy Altar Kundara.JPG, Holy Altar of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara File:Shrine of St. Mary's Jacobite Cathedral Kundara.jpg, Shrine of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara File:Old Chapel Shrine Kundara.jpg, Shrine of Old Parish Chapel File:St. Mary's Jacobite Cathedral Kundara.jpg, Side view of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara File:St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral Kundara.jpg, Stone Cross of St. Mary's Cathedral Kundara File:Old_Parish_Chapel_Kundara.jpg, Old Parish Chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara

References

Churches in Kollam district Syriac Orthodox churches in India Soonoro churches in Kerala Syriac Orthodox cathedrals Oriental Orthodox cathedrals in India {{Syriac-Orthodox-church-stub

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