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{{Infobox church
| name =[[File: Syriac orthodox COA.svg|55 px]]<br>St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">{{small|Under the Holy See of Antioch and All the East}}</span>
| native_name = {{plainlist|
*{{langx|syc|ܥܺܕܬܳܐ ܣܽܘ̣ܪܝܳܝܬܳܐ ܝܰܥܩܽܘܒܳܝܬܳܐ ܕܡܳܪܬܝ ܡܰܪܝܰܡ ܒܡܰܪܰܕܺܝ}}
*{{langx|ml|മാറാടി വി. മർത്തമറിയം യാക്കോബായ സുറിയാനി പള്ളി}}}}
| image =
Kurukkunnapuram church.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Aerial View
| location = [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Kerala]]
| country = India
| pushpin map = Kerala#India
| pushpin label position = none
| coordinates = {{coord|9.9547224|76.5679345|type:landmark|display=it}}
| denomination = [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]]
| tradition = [[West Syriac Rite]]
| membership = 1,800 (2016)
| status = [[Church (building)|Church]]
| founded date = {{start date and age|1865}}
| founder = Fr. Paulose Kuttipuzha
| dedication = [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]], [[Theotokos|Mother of God]]
| relics = Saint Qaumo
| diocese =
[[Angamali Diocese|Angamaly]]
| division = Muvattupuzha Region
| bishop = [[Mor Antheemos Mathews|Anthimos Matthews]] [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]]
| vicar = Fr. Siju Valayamprayil
}}
'''St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church''' is a church located in Kurukkunnapuram, East Marady, Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India.<ref name="Google Maps">[https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6673639899605376888&hl=en&gl=gb Google Maps]</ref>

==History==

[[File:Marady church old.jpg|thumb|left|The Old Church]]
From the ancient times, there was a strong Christian presence in these areas. [[St. George's Church, Kadamattom]] and St. Mary's Church, Rackad were the parishes of Jacobite believers in the earliest times.

When the number of Jacobite Christians in [[Marady]] increased and they were struggling to carry on their spiritual activities in the church at a distance of miles away, the ancestors decided to build a church in Marady. The foundation stone of the church was laid on 1865 (1040 ME) at Kurukkunnapuram, a hill surrounded by paddy fields and fruit trees. Fr. Paulose Kuttipuzha led the building of the church. The construction was completed on 1867 (1042 ME) as a result of the collective activity of 70 families in Marady and nearby.

The church was established with the intention of continuing to follow the traditions of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church under the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East.

===Reconstruction===
[[File:Marady consecration.jpg|thumb|left|The consecration of the Church]]
The reconstruction of the church began on 2007 and completed on 2015. On 10 February 2015, [[Patriarch of Antioch|Patriarch]] [[Ignatius Aphrem II]] [[Church of Antioch|of Antioch]] consecrated the church during his First Holy Apostolic Visit to India. He was assisted by [[Catholicos of India|Catholicos]] [[Baselios Thomas I|Baselios Thomas I of India]], and Anthimos Matthews Metropolitan.<ref>{{cite web|title=മാറാടി സെന്റ്. മേരീസ്‌ യാക്കോബായ സുറിയാനി പള്ളിയുടെ വിശുദ്ധ കൂദാശ പരിശുദ്ധ പാത്രിയർക്കീസ് ബാവാതിരുമനസ്സുകൊണ്ട്‌ നിർവ്വഹിച്ചു|url=http://www.jscnews.org/news/news_details.php?id=1631|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415095013/http://jscnews.org/news/news_details.php?id=1631|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 April 2016|website=JSC News}}
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==Holy altars==

[[File:Marady church holy qurobo.png|thumb|left|[[Holy Qurobo]]]]
There are five altars at the church. The main altar, the central one, is in the name of Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

There are two altars on the north and south of the main one. The altar on the northern side is consecrated to [[Thomas the Apostle|Saint Thomas the Apostle]] and the altar on the southern side is consecrated in the name of [[Saint George]].

There are two smaller altars, to the front of the main altar. The north among these is in the name of [[Constantine the Great|Saint Constantine the Great]] and his mother, [[Helena (empress)|
Saint Helena of Constantinople]]. The southern among the small altars is consecrated to [[Ignatius Elias III|Patriarch Saint Ignatius Elias III of Antioch]].

==Holy relic==

[[File:Marady mor qaumo shrine.png|thumb|The [[reliquary]] which keeps the Holy Relic of Mor Qaumo]]
The Holy Relic of Saint Shemvun Qaumo Abilo (also called Mar Kauma), a 5th-century Syriac monk who meditated for 45 years in the standing position, has been installed at the church in 1928 by Saint Osthathios Sliba, the Patriarchal Delegate of the Holy See of Antioch to India.

The Holy Relic is ceremoniously taken out and exhibited for public veneration on the Saint's Feast Day (14 November) every year.

==Feasts==
* The Feast of [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple|Ma`alto]] - 2 February (It is the main feast at the church)
* The Feast of [[Dormition of the Mother of God|Shunoyo]] - 15 August
* The Feast of Saint Qaumo - 14 November

==[[Holy Qurobo]] timings==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Morning Prayer !! Holy Qurobo
|-
| Sundays || 7:00 AM || 8:00 AM
|-
| Feast Days || 7:00 AM || 8:00 AM
|-
| Other Days || 7:00 AM || 7:30 AM
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Syriac Orthodox churches in India]]
[[Category:1865 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1867]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 2015]]
[[Category:19th-century churches in India]]
[[Category:19th-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings]]
[[Category:21st-century churches in India]]
[[Category:21st-century Oriental Orthodox church buildings]]

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