St. George Church is a Catholic church under the Archdiocese of Thalassery. It is located in Puravayal, Kannur, Kerala, India. The Church is situated at the center of a serene hilly greenery, with its uniquely distinct historical making and structure is an abode of spiritual experience. As a monument that marks the fulfillment of migrated people's quest for spirituality, it was established in the year 1957, in the northern part of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

, India. Jurisdictionally, it is located in the Nellickampoil Forane, under the .As the centerpiece of Puravayal village, St. George Church comes under the Ulickal Panchayath (formerly

Padiyoor Padiyoor is a small town in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. Padiyoor village is part of Padiyoor-Kalliad Grama Panchayat in Iritty taluk. Location Padiyoor is located on SH 36 between Iritty and Irikkur towns. It is about 7 km ...

Kalliad), with a 3 kilometers of distance from Ulikkal, on the

Iritty Iritty is a municipality and taluk in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is at a distance of from Kannur International Airport and one among ...

-Mattara main road. Puravayal is also fortunate with a Government Lower Primary School and a Public Health Centre. Apart from the

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and various pious organizations such as Vincent de Paul, Vincent De Paul Society, Credit Union, Maathruvedi, Mission League and Holy Childhood, KCYM, Jagratha Samithi, TSS, etc. that focus on the integral, holistic and spiritual welfare of the people, especially catechetical formation of the younger generation, St. George Church Puravayal has 19

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s and 41

nun A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 5 ...

s, who serve the universal

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from a total number of 494 families in the parish. At present, there are two

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s, namely, St. Joseph's Church (near Moosaanpeedika) and St. Mary's Church (Vattiyamthode) adjacent to this parish.

History

The Church was founded on 1957 in the dedication to

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

. It is under the

Syro-Malabar The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a '' sui iuris'' (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Cathol ...

Archdiocese of Thalaserry in the District of

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the maj ...

References

{{Reflist Churches in Kannur district Eastern Catholic churches in Kerala