Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Angamaly

Mar Hormizd Cathedral, locally known as the Eastern Church of Angamaly (Malayalam, Angamali Kiḻakkeppaḷḷi) or the Cathedral Church (Malayalam, Aramanappaḷḷi), is a Syro-Malabar church in Angamaly, India. It was built in 1578 by Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac Metropolitan to reach the Malabar Coast. It is one of the oldest and is historically the most important of the three ancient Syrian churches in Angamaly. It is dedicated to Mar Hormizd, a seventh-century East Syriac saint. The Chaldean bishop Mar Abraham was ordained as the Archbishop of Angamali and Rabban Hormiz Church was the Cathedral church. Mar Abraham came to Malabar in 1570 as a Chaldean Catholic Archbishop after being previously imprisoned by the Portuguese in Goa. Angamaly, being a centre of Saint Thomas Christians and being an inland settlement ruled by native kings, provided a safer headquarters for the Chaldean archbishop and therefore he settled Angamaly as his episcopal see to govern the Syro-Malabar Church of India. Its jurisdiction extended all over the Indian subcontinent until the 16th century. This title denotes a quasi-patriarchal status with all India jurisdiction. The church houses the tomb of Mar Abraham who died in 1597. The most ancient school (university in Portuguese accounts) for Malpan (ecclesiastical) training was functioning at Anga

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