Puthuppally Pally │St.George Orthodox Church Puthuppally

Manarcadu Thenganal Rd, Near SBI ATM, Puthuppally P.O, Kottayam, Kerala 686011
Phone: 0481 235 2404

Puthuppally Pally │St.George Orthodox Church Puthuppally is a prominent church that belongs to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. This church is situated beside the Puthuppally-Changancherry road about a kilometre from the Puthuppally junction, on the eastern bank of the Kodoor river. The surrounding areas of church are panoramic and very beautiful. The old church was well preserved church with wall murals dating back to ancient times. These unique wall murals have been painted using vegetable dyes.

History
This ancient church, known as “PUTHUPPALLY PALLY” or “PUTHUPPALLY VALIYAPALLY”, situated on the eastern bank of the rivulet Kodoorar and beside the Puthuppally-Changancherry road about a kilometre away from Puthuppally junction was rebuilt, expanded or renovated five times during its four and a half century existence.
It was originally built as a “kochu pally” (chapel) in the name of St. Mary in AD 1557 near Vazhakulam Hindu temple on a hillock which later came to be known as Kochupallikunnu. Eight decades later in AD 1640 it was shifted and rebuilt in the name of Mar Bahanan Sahada at Elamthuruthi Kunnu, the present location.
110 years afterwards, in AD 1750, the church was rebuilt in the name of St. George, retaining the main portions of Mar Bahanan Church.
The church was rebuilt and consecrated in AD 2003 transforming it into a composite shrine of three churches. The church of St. George was retained and the verandas on either side of it were replaced by a chapel in the name of St. Mary on the north side and a chapel in the name of St. Bahanan on the south side. The St. Mary’s chapel of 1557 and St. Bahanan’s church of 1640 were revived and rebuilt on either side of St. George’s church of 1750.
The main altar of St. George’s church is in the name of St. George and those on the left and right are in the names of St. Thomas and St. Gregorius of Parumala respectively. The main altar of St. Mary’s chapel is in the name of St. Mary and those on the left and right are respectively in the names of Morth Shmooni and Mortha Yulithi.
The main altar of St. Bahanan’s chapel is in the name of St. Bahanan and those on the left and right are respectively in the names of St. Vattasseril Geevarghese Dionysius and Kuriakose Mar Gregorius of Pampady, for a total of nine intercessors in the new shrine. Thousands of devotees of all religions visit the shrine throughout the year and particularly during the feast of St. George, including the 10 days preceding and succeeding it. Now the Church has more than 1000 Families.

Pilgrim centre
Puthuppally Pally │St.George Orthodox Church Puthuppally  was declared as the “Georgian Pilgrim Centre of the East” by Baselius Didymus I Catholicos of the East in the year AD 2007.
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Timings :

Holy Mass Timings
Sundays: 6.30 a.m., 9 a.m.
Saturdays: 8.30 a.m.
Weekdays: 8 a.m.

Evening Prayer
All Days: 5.30 p.m.