St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
St. Peter's and St. Paul's Malankara Orthodox Church also known as Parumala Pally is a famous church in Kerala, India. This church is located in Parumala in Thiruvalla Taluk In Pathanamthitta district and is a pilgrimage center and mausoleum of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Seminary, Parumala
Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala (Portrait by Raja Ravi Varma, 1905)
Inside view of Parumala church
Front view of the church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC) also known as the Indian Orthodox Church (IOC) or simply as the Malankara Church, is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church headquartered in Devalokam, near Kottayam, India. It serves India's Saint Thomas Christian population. According to tradition, these communities originated in the missions of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. It employs the Malankara Rite, an Indian form of the West Syriac liturgical rite.
MOSC Catholicate Palace
Baselios Marthoma Mathews III Present Catholicos and Malankara Metropolitan
Eucharist celebration of the church.
Geevarghese Gregorios of Parumala