Marthoman Cheriyapally is a

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located in Kothamangalam town of

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

district, Kerala, India. The church is believed to have been established in 1455 by 18 families who separated from Marth Maryam Valiyapally. The church is famous for the feast of Mor Baselios Yeldo, a

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saint who arrived in Kothamangalam. He is entombed in the altar room of this church.

History

The present region of Kothamangalam was historically known as ''Malakhachira'' (മാലാഖച്ചിറ, which literally means "Place of the Angel"). According to church history, the

Bishop,

St. Baselios Yeldo Saint Baselios Yeldo was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684. He is venerated as a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church, Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church and Malankara Orthodox ...

Maphrian reached the church in the year 1685, on 11th of

Kanni The Kanni (கன்னி), meaning pure (also known as the Maiden's Beastmaster), is a rare indigenous South Indian sighthound breed of dog found in the state of Tamil Nadu. Their native breeding tract is located around villages in the Ti ...

month of the Malayalam calendar.

Yeldo and Basil

The name Yelda (

East Syriac The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy ...

) / Yeldo ( West Syriac) means Christmas. Yelda/Yeldo lent (Nativity lent) starts 15 December till 25 December. Various spellings are used to write Yeldo (യെൽദൊ) in English (Yeldho, Eldho, Eldo). Basil is the short form for

Baselios The name Basil (''royal, kingly'') comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (, female version ), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" ( el, βασιλεύς, links=no), of greek origin, meaning "king", ...

, a Greek word that literally means "king" or "emperor", and is used to refer to

St. Basil of Caesarea Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great ( grc, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, ''Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas''; cop, Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ; 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was a bishop of Ca ...

Gallery

File:Altar & Tomb of Mar Baselios Yeldo.jpg, Main Madbaho (altar) and tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldho. File:Tomb of St.Baselios Yeldo.jpg, Tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldo File:Manchal of Mar Baselios Yeldo.jpg, ''Manchal'' ( Palanquin) used by Mor Baselios Yeldo. File:Malankara Syrian church altar.jpg, View from the ''Poomukham'' (front face) of the church.

References

External links

Cheriapally.org
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History

Yeldo and Basil

Gallery

See also

References

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