Mar Thoma Valia Palli, pride of Pallipad, is a
symbol of faith and determination, completed 100 years of glorious
spiritual service. As a part of centenary celebration, a newly build
Function Hall (Parish Hall) was dedicated to public on 1st
September, 2007.
Pallipad St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church has a total of about 265
families with more than 1200 members, primarily focused on serving
the spiritual needs of Mar Thoma Christians which spreads throughout
Pallipad and Haripad. This church plays an important role in passing
our faith and beliefs to our future generation through Fellowship,
Prayer and Worship under the vision of Mar Thoma Church.
In the early days of 19th
century the Christian believers at Pallipad area had to walk nearly
six kilometers to reach the Syrian Church at Cheppad to attend the
church services. The long distance to the place of worship had been
a problem for many believers to attend the church services
regularly. Naturally a genuine desire arose among the believers to
have a parish established at Pallipad. Consequently on Kumbham
2, 1042 Rt. Rev. Mathews Mar Athanasius, Palakkunneth laid the
foundation stone for the present St. George Orthodox Church at
Pallipad.
During those days the Church reformation
movement lead by Rev. Abraham Malpan Achen gained momentum and many
families joined the movement. On Vrichikam 28, 1066 the newly formed
reformation group bought “Thachayil Purayidam” and constructed a
small building to conduct prayer fellowship.But on Kanni 13, 1082 as per the judgment of the civil court
the reformation group lost the right of use of the church as well as
the land they bought.At that
difficult situation Perkattu
Rev. P. V. Koshy Kathanar rose to the occasion and on his appeal at
the superior court the Mar Thoma church won the land and the
property back.
As the number of the Mar Thoma family increased to 135 a new place
of worship was necessary. In 1908 the “ Kattuparambil purayidam” was bought and a temporary building was constructed for
worship. On June 21, 1908 Rt. Rev. Titus II
celebrated the Holy Qurbana. As the number of families increased to
166 the parish council decided to construct a large church building.
It took 25 years to complete and that church is what we have today,
St. Thomas Mar Thoma Valiya Pally. The first vicar Perkattu Rev.
P.V. Koshy Kathanar and his loving and dedicated parish members
sacrificed a lot to construct this church building. On Makaram 28,
1127Rt. Rev. Yuhannon Mar
Themotheos consecrated the church.
Our Diocesan Bishop..
Our Vicar..
His Grace Rt. Rev. Dr. Zacharias Mar Theophilus
Suffragan Metropolitan
We are starting a board in our forum for our Pallipad with information about
our cultural, social, geographical and agricultural dominance.
Click here to access the board.
A new web portal for our Pallipad started functioning from July
20, 2009. Visit
www.pallipad.in for more details.
