| CSI Mylaudy | |
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| CSI District Church, Mylaudy | |
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| 8°09′27″N 77°30′12″E / 8.1574°N 77.5034°E | |
| Location | Mylaudy, Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1806 |
| Founder(s) | Rev. William Tobias Ringletaube, Vethamonikam Desikar |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Cathedral |
| Style | Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Kanyakumari Diocese (former: South Travancore Diocese) |
| Province | Church of South India (former: Church of England (LMS)) |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Most Rev. A. R. Chellaiah [1] |
| Priest(s) | Rev. D. S. Selvaraj |
| Assistant priest(s) | R. Yobu |
Ringeltaube Vethamonikam Memorial Church,[2][3] at Mylaudy in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India, It's one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia. It's the cathedral of Kanyakumari Diocese, of the Church of South India (CSI).[4]
In year 1996 Mylaudy Church was promoted as District Church.
On April 25, 2006 occasions of "200th Ringeltaube & Vethamonikam Memorable Day" mylaudy Church was Promoted as Cathedral of Kanyakumari Diocese and South Travancore Diocese.
At present, This Single Seed (Mylaudy CSI Church) has spread like a Banyan tree and have been grown into three Diocese/congregations (Kanyakumari Diocese, South Kerala Diocese, Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese).
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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front view of church -
Church Decorated by lights -
Rev. William Tobias Ringletaube
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Maharasan Vethamonikam Desikar
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Rev. Ringletaube missionary's House -
History Pillar of Mylaudy Church -
Vethamonikam Memorial hall
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Mylaudy church -1809 (First Protestant Church of South Travancore)
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Lettered by Rev. Ringletaube to his Younger Sister and Engaged Wife to explain her illness and Growth of Christian Communities in South Travancore (Dated on 24 September 1816) -
Altar in CSI Mylaudy
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "CSI Kanyakumari Diocese".
- ↑ "CSI Mylaudy | Home". www.csimylaudy.com.
- ↑ "CHURCHES | CSI KANYAKUMARI DIOCESE". www.csikkd.org.
- ↑ London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58.}}
External links[edit | edit source]
- Mylaudy Video at YouTube
- Ringletaube [sic. [An Account of William Tobias Ringeltaube.]
- The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity
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