| CSI Mylaudy | |
|---|---|
| CSI District Church, Mylaudy | |
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| 8°09′27″N 77°30′12″E / 8.1574°N 77.5034°E | |
| Location | Mylaudy, Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1806 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. William Tobias Ringletaube, Vethamonikam Desikar |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Cathedral |
| Style | Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Province | Church of South India (former: Church of England (LMS)) |
| Diocese | Kanyakumari Diocese (former: South Travancore Diocese) |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. A. R. Chellaiah [1] |
| Priest(s) | Rev. R.Christudhas |
| Assistant priest(s) | Rev. A.Abraham Justin Kumar |
Ringeltaube Vethamonikam Memorial Church,[2][3] at Mylaudy in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India, It's one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia. It's the cathedral of Kanyakumari Diocese, of the Church of South India (CSI).[4]
In year 1996 Mylaudy Church was promoted as District Church.
On April 25, 2006 occasions of 200th Ringeltaube & Vethamonikam Memorable Day mylaudy Church was Promoted as Cathedral of Kanyakumari Diocese and South Travancore Diocese.
At present, This Single Seed (Mylaudy CSI Church) has spread like a Banyan tree and have been grown into three Diocese/congregations (Kanyakumari Diocese, South Kerala Diocese, Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese).
Gallery
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Church Decorated by lights
Maharasan Vethamonikam Desikar
Rev. Ringletaube missionary's House
History Pillar of Mylaudy Church
Vethamonikam Memorial hall (Museum)
Mylaudy church -1809 (First Protestant Church of South Travancore)
Possibly the last letter of Rev. Ringletaube to London Mission Society, His Younger Sister and Engaged Wife to explain her illness and Growth of Christian Communities in South Travancore (Dated on 24 September 1816, from Malacca)
Altar in CSI Mylaudy
References
- ↑ "CSI Kanyakumari Diocese".
- ↑ "CSI Mylaudy | Home". www.csimylaudy.com.
- ↑ "CHURCHES | CSI KANYAKUMARI DIOCESE". www.csikkd.org.
- ↑ London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58.
External links
- CSI Mylaudy's channel on YouTube
- Ringletaube [sic. [An Account of William Tobias Ringeltaube.]
- The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity
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