St. Thomas More Syro-Malabar Church, Alakode

St. Thomas More Syro-Malabar Church, Alakode is a parish of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, located in Kalayanthani, Idukki district, Kerala. It is situated in the village of Alakode at Meenmutty, 6 kilometres away from Thodupuzha town and close to the Thodupuzha – Poomala main road. It is the only church in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam in the patronage of St. Thomas More. It was founded in 1964 Karikkode and Thodupuzha, local trade centres, became the destination for many Christian migrants, notably communities at Alakode, Meenmutty and Edavetty. The Catholic faithful were served from St. Mary's Church in Kalayanthani, established in 1920. Owing to the difficulty for people to attend the Kalayanthani church, the area Catholics petitioned Mar Mathew Pothanamuzhy, first Bishop of Kothamangalam, to grant permission to establish a church at Alakode (Meenmutty). Permission was granted soon thereafter. A person named Kuriakose from the Thurackal Puthanpurayil family donated two acres of land for the construction of a church in 1963, but the land was separated at a distance from the road used for trade in those days. The land adjacent to the both sides of the main road were part of the Mar Thoma Estate, owned by natives of Alappuzha. A ‘sign of cross’ was found on one of the stones which had been blasted for building walls in the estate. The whole faithful f

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