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{{Infobox religious building
|building_name = St Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Kandanad
|caption = St Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Kandanad
|image = KandanadChurch.jpg
|size =
|location = [[Kandanad]], [[Ernakulam]], [[India]]
|coordinates =
|religious_affiliation = [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]]
|province = [[Kerala]]
|district = [[Ernakulam]]
|consecration_year = 4th century AD
|status = [[Cathedral]]
|website = http://www.kandanadwest.org/parish1.php?albun=24
|architecture_type = [[Church (building)|Church]]
|architecture_style = [[Architecture of Kerala|Kerala Architecture]]
|facade_direction = West
}}

'''Kandanad [[Valiyapally]]''' aka '''St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral ''' is a prominent church in the Kandanad village of [[Ernakulam]] District of [[Kerala]]. This Church believed to be built around AD 4th century, belongs to Kandanad West Diocese of [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/after-45-years-orthodox-faction-celebrates-mass-in-kandanad/articleshow/71251426.cms|title = After 45 years, Orthodox faction celebrates mass in Kandanad | Kochi News - Times of India}}</ref>

==Location==
Kandanad is a village in the Ernakulam Dt. of Kerala. The church is located near to Udayamperoor and Mulamthuruthy in [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].

==History==

The church is believed to be built in circa 4th century before the arrival of Portuguese in India. It has a magnificent edifice completed in 1910. On the Madbha, we could see two wooden planks on the Altar on which it is inscribed the date of completion of building works. On the wall it is inscribed that the church was consecrated in 4th century.

Kandanad Valiyapally was one of the important churches of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church before it was overtaken by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. it is the church with a tomb of few Syriac orthodox Father who travelled from mosul to the faithful's in kerala.

We could see the sacred tombs of [[Mar Thoma IV]] and Saint [[Baselios Sakralla III of Aleppo|Baselios Shakralla]] and this saint was a bishop in the Syriac Orthadox church, Baselios Sakralla 3rd of Aleppo was the Maphriyano (Catholicos) of the Syriac Orthodox Church of the East from 1748–1760, buried below the altar room.

World famous missionary [[Claudius Buchanan]] visited this church in 1806 to understand more about Syrian Christians practices and traditions. This clearly tells us about the importance and stature of this holy church in the Orthodox Church, even centuries before.

==Kandanad Padiyola==

Kandanad Church is also famous for the ''' Kandanad Padiyola'''.

In 1843 there was another Sunahados held over here, which is known as the 'Second Kandanad Sunnahados' in church history.

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193.116.98.160: Corrected blatant errors.