St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kothamangalam

Kerala, India

Martha Mariyam Cathedral or St. Mary's Church is a prominent Valiyapally (Principal Church) of the Syriac Orthodox Church situated in Kothamangalam town in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the earliest Christian churches in India. According to a local belief, the church was founded on or before the 4th century by a few Syrian Christian families who had migrated from Paravur and Angamali. The new church was established in 1338 AD by four Syrian Christian merchants who bought the entire land of Kothamangalam from a local chief for commodity trading with the nearby state of Tamil Nadu.

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