Building Name: | St Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad |
Caption: | St Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad |
Location: | Kandanad, Ernakulam, India |
Province: | Kerala |
District: | Ernakulam |
Consecration Year: | 4th century AD |
Status: | Cathedral |
Website: | http://www.kandanadwest.org/parish1.php?albun=24 |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Kerala Architecture |
Facade Direction: | West |
Kandanad Valiyapally aka St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad is a cathedral in the Kandanad village of Ernakulam District of Kerala. Believed to have been originally constructed circa 4th century AD, it has been administered by Diocese of Kandanad of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. From 1974 to 2019, the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church administered the cathedral.[1]
Kandanad is a village in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The church is located near Udayamperoor and Mulamthuruthy in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
The church edifice was completed in 1910. An inscription on the wall says that the church was consecrated in the 4th century.
Marth Mariam Cathedral Kandanad (Kizhakkinde Yerushulem)