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{{Infobox church<br />
| name = Mar Thoma Jacobite Church, Kothamangalam<br />
| relics = Tomb of Mor [[Baselios Yeldo]]<br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| caption = Main [[façade]] of Marthoma Malankara [[Syrian Orthodox]] Cheriyapally Kothamangalam<br />
| image = എൽദോ മൊർ ബസെലിയൊസ്.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300 px<br />
| location = {{flagicon|India}} [[Kothamangalam]], [[Ernakulam]], [[India]]<br />
| pushpin map = <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.0625|76.629|display=inline,title}}<br />
| denomination = [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church]]<br />
| diocese = [[Malankara Syrian Orthodox Diocese of Angamaly|Angamali]]<br />
| province = Kothamangalam<br />
| archbishop = [[Baselios Joseph|H.B. Baselios Joseph Catholicos]]<br />
| auxiliary bishop = [[Mor Yulios Elias]]<br />
| mapframe-zoom = <br />
| consecration_year = <br />
| status = [[Church (building)|Major Church]], [[Pilgrim]]<br />
| style = [[Architecture of Kerala|Kerala Architecture]]<br />
| year started = <br />
| year completed = 1455<br />
| website = https://www.cheriapally.org<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mar Thoma Cheriyapally''' is a [[Jacobite Syrians|Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox]] Church located in [[Kothamangalam]] town of [[Ernakulam]] district, [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The church is believed to have been established in 1455 by 18 families who separated from [[Martha Mariam Cathedral Kothamangalam|Marth Maryam Valiyapally]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} The church is famous for the feast of [[Baselios Yeldo|Mor Baselios Yeldo]], a [[Syriac Jacobites|Syriac Jacobite]] saint who preached in Kothamangalam. After his death, he was entombed in the altar room of this church. The church had witnessed many historic events of the [[Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church|Malankara]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The present region of Kothamangalam was historically known as ''Malakhachira''<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of South Indian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boMMAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Publication Division, University of Calicut|pages=84–85}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=In Quest of Kerala: Geography, places of interest, political history, social history, literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXIeAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Accent Publications|page=57}}</ref> (മാലാഖച്ചിറ, which literally means "Place of the Angel"). According to church history, the [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] Bishop, [[Baselios Yeldo|St. Baselios Yeldo]] [[Maphrian]] reached the church in the year 1685, on 11th of [[Kanyā|Kanni]] month of the [[Malayalam calendar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/MorBaseliosYeldho.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508024756/http://www.syriacchristianity.info/bio/MorBaseliosYeldho.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 May 2015|title=St. Baselios Yeldho|website=www.syriacchristianity.info}}</ref><br />
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File: Front Architecture Kothamangalam Church.jpg|Front view of Church (Old photograph)<br />
File: Front Kothamangalam Church.jpg|Side view of church and Well<br />
File: Side View of Kothamangalam Church.jpg|Church entry <br />
File:Cemetery Kothamangalam Church.jpg|Cemetery <br />
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== Yeldo and Basil ==<br />
The name Yelda ([[East Syriac dialect|East Syriac]]) / Yeldo ([[West Syriac dialect|West Syriac]]) means [[Christmas]]. Yelda/Yeldo lent (Nativity lent) starts 15 December till 25 December. Various spellings are used to write Yeldo (യെൽദൊ) in English (Yeldho, Eldho, Eldo).<br />
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[[Basil (name)|Basil]] is the short form for [[Baselios]], a [[Greek language|Greek]] word that literally means "king" or "emperor", and is used to refer to [[Basil of Caesarea|St. Basil of Caesarea]].<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Kanni 20 Perunal.jpg|Kanni 20 Perunnal at Mar Thoma Jacobite Syrian Cheriapally, Kothamangalam<br />
File:Kanni 20 Perunal Night.jpg|Kanni 20 Perunal Night At Mar Thoma Jacobite Syrian Cheriapally, Kothamangalam<br />
File:Altar & Tomb of Mar Baselios Yeldo.jpg|Main Madbaho (altar) and tomb of [[Baselios Yeldo|Mor Baselios Yeldho]].<br />
File:Tomb of St.Baselios Yeldo.jpg|Tomb of [[Baselios Yeldo|Mor Baselios Yeldo]]<br />
File:Manchal of Mar Baselios Yeldo.jpg|''Manchal'' ([[Palanquin]]) used by [[Baselios Yeldo|Mor Baselios Yeldo]].<br />
File:Malankara Syrian church altar.jpg|View from the ''Poomukham'' (front face) of the church.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Baselios Yeldo]]<br />
* [[Marth Mariam Valiyapally Kothamangalam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://www.cheriapally.org/ Cheriapally.org]<br />
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