Historical St. Thomas Chruch @ Arappally
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It is believed by the Christian
communities that the Historic Thiruvithamcode
Arappally, also called Amalagiri church
as named by the Chera King Uthiyan Cheralathan, was built by St. Thomas, known as the Apostle
of India, in 63 AD.
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Christians believe that Saint Thomas, the
Apostle arrived in Kerala around AD 52. He landed at Muziris (now known as
Pattanam, near Cochin on the Malabar Coast).
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It is believed that he build 7 churches
in kerela and travancore in Kanyakumari District.
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It claims to be the world's oldest
church that still has daily prayers and India's oldest church that haven't been reconstructed till now.
The church has three main parts built in
the 17th century and a 20th-century
entrance hall. Its walls are built of locally quarried stone, chiseled with
a multi-tipped chisel, a technique known in Kerala and possibly introduced
there by foreign contact in the 16th century.
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Thiruvithamcode (also spelled
Thiruvithancode, Thiruvithankodu and Thiruvithangodu) is a small panchayat town
located in the Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is
about 20 km from Nagercoil, and 2 km from Thuckalay.
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The church today maintained by the Malankara
Orthodox Syrian Church. Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, Baselios
Marthoma Didimos I proclaimed the church as an international St. Thomas pilgrim
center on 16 December 2007.
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