St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Kandanad

St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral Kandanad
St Marys's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral Kandanad
Religion
Affiliation	Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church
District	Ernakulam
Province	Kerala
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Valiyapally
Year consecrated	15th century CE
Location
Location	Kandanad, Ernakulam, India
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Kerala Architecture
Completed	1910 CE
Direction of façade	West
Website
www.stmaryschurchkandanad.org

Kandanad Valiyapally aka St. Mary's Cathedral is a principal church of the Kandanad village of Ernakulam District of Kerala. The church is believed to be built around 1400 AD.

Location

Kandanad is a village in the Ernakulam Dt. of Kerala. The church is located near to Udayamperoor and Mulamthuruthy in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

History

The church is believed to be built in circa 1400 AD before the arrival of Portuguese Catholics in India. It has a magnificent edifice completed in 1910. On the Madbha, we could see two wooden planks on the Altar on which it is inscribed the date of completion of building works. On the wall it is inscribed that the church was consecrated in 1400 AD.

We could see the sacred tombs of Mar Thoma IV and Saint Baselios Shakralla Bava below the altar room.