Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church, Angamaly

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Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Catholic Co-cathedral Church, Angamaly
Madbaha of Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church, Angamaly.jpg
Madbaha of Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church, Angamaly
Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Catholic Co-cathedral Church, Angamaly is located in Kerala
Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Catholic Co-cathedral Church, Angamaly
Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Catholic Co-cathedral Church, Angamaly
10°11′26″N 76°22′58″E / 10.1906°N 76.3828°E / 10.1906; 76.3828Coordinates: 10°11′26″N 76°22′58″E / 10.1906°N 76.3828°E / 10.1906; 76.3828
LocationAngamaly, Kerala
CountryIndia
DenominationCatholic (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)[1]
TraditionEast Syriac Rite
History
Former name(s)Mar Hormizd Metropolitan Cathedral
StatusFilial[2]
Founded1577[3]
Founder(s)Mar Abraham, Metropolitan and the Gate of All India[3]
DedicationHormizd Rabban[3]
Dedicated1578[3]
Consecrated1578[3]
Cult(s) presentformer cathedral of Saint Thomas Christians
Relics heldMar Abraham
EventsFestival of St .Hormis and St. Sebastian
Past bishop(s)Mar Abraham
Associated peopleSaint Thomas Christians
Administration
ParishSt. George Syro-Malabar Basilica, Angamaly
ArchdioceseSyro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly
Clergy
ArchbishopMar George Alencherry

Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly is a church located in Angamaly, Kerala, India. It was built in 1577 by Mar Abraham, the last Chaldean Metropolitan to reach Malabar Coast.[3][4] It is dedicated to Mar Hormizd, a seventh-century Chaldean saint.[5][6]

History[]

Mar Abraham who came to Malabar in 1570 settled in Angamaly as his See to govern the Saint Thomas Christians. Its jurisdiction was extended whole over India till the 16th century. The most ancient University for Malpan training was established at Angamaly before the arrival of the Portughese. The Chaldean bishop Mar Abraham was ordained as the Metropolitan and the Gate of All India and Rabban Hormiz Church was the Cathedral church.[7][8] This title denotes a Quasi Patriarchal status with all India jurisdiction.[9][10][11] The church houses the tomb of Mar Abraham who died in 1597.[12][13]

Anquetil Du Perron, who visited Malabar in the eighteenth century, gives the following list and description of churches in Angamaly in the country of the Velutha Thavali ruler:[14]

  1. Church of the Holy Virgin (co-owned by Syrian Catholics and schismatics). It has a chapel dedicated to Saint George in which both Syrian Catholics and schismatics celebrate their liturgies one after the other.
  2. Another church dedicated to Saint Hormisdas the Martyr. It is used exclusively by the Syrian Catholics. It was the Cathedral church of the diocese before its see was moved to Cranganore.
  3. Another church which is also dedicated to the Holy Virgin. It is known locally as the Cheriyapally. It is the headquarters of Archdeacon Thoma I and it is used exclusively by the schismatics.[14]

He then mentions a fourth church in the country of the Velutha Thavali, which is at Akaparambu and dedicated to Saint Gervasis, co-owned by Syrian Catholics and schismatics.[14]

Mar Hormizd Church, built by Mar Abraham[]

After having made a successful escape from the Portuguese detention in Goa, Mar Abraham returned to Angamaly in 1570. In the same year, Mar Abraham started to built his first Cathedral Church namely Rabban Hormizd, a seventh-century Abbot of the East Syriac Church, as its patron.[15]

In 1578, as a response to the requests made on the part of the Jesuit missionaries who had been working in Angamaly and in the other centres of the Christians of St. Thomas, the pope sent plenary indulgences to the Church of Rabban Hormizd which the faithful could obtain four times a year for 25 years from the year of the election of the Metropolitan Mar Abraham. The indulgences covered two feasts of the Patron Rabban Hormizd that fell on the fifteenth day after Easter (Monday) and on the first of September. As requested by Mar Abraham, the Jesuits laid the foundation stone of a new Cathedral Rabban Hormizd in the same place that was chosen by the Metropolitan.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Exterior of the church

  • Tomb of last East Syriac Metropolitan Mar Abraham inside the Madbaha of Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church, Angamaly

  • Image of Rabban Hormizd at Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Church, Angamaly

References[]

  1. ^ "St. Hormis Church, Angamaly East". Syro-Malabar Church. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Malekandathil (2020).
  4. ^ Encyclopaedia of sects & religious doctrines, Volume 4 By Charles George Herbermann page 1180,1181
  5. ^ Fr. Varghese Pathikulangara CMI (2011). Divine Praises in Aramaic Tradition (PDF). Kottayam: Denha Services. p. 48. ISBN 978-93-81207-02-4.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Du Jarric, tom. I, lib. II, p. 614
  8. ^ Du Jarric, "Rer. Ind. Thesaur.", tom. III, lib. II, p. 69
  9. ^ Joseph Thekkedathu, pous cit pp96-100
  10. ^ Rev Dr Placid Podipara, The Hierarchy of Syro Malabar Church, in Collected works of Rev Dr Placid Podipara CMI, Vol I p 719
  11. ^ For full details cf. the many passages in the Thomapedia, 1973/2000, Ed.George Menachery
  12. ^ Language of religion, language of the people: medieval Judaism, Christianity, and Islam,Ernst Bremer, Susanne Röhl Page 401
  13. ^ "Book Review:The Nazranies by Prof. George Menanchery". 31 July 2007.
  14. ^ a b c du Perron, Anquetil. "Zend Avesta". I: clxxxv–clxxxvj. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Pius Malekandathil , “Angamali And The St. Thomas Christians: An Historical Overview,” in Angamali And The St. Thomas Christians: An Historical Overview, https://www.nasrani.net/author/pius-malekandathil/

Sources[]

See also[]

  • St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica, Angamaly
  • Kottakkavu Mar Thoma Syro-Malabar Pilgrim Church, North Paravur
  • India (ecclesiastical province)
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