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| name                   = St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Kokkamangalam
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| native_name            = കോക്കമംഗലം പളളി
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'''St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Kokkamangalam''', popularly known as '''Kokkamangalam Church''', which holds a midway position among the seven churches founded by St. Thomas, is in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, in the [[South India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/essential-kerala/in-the-footsteps-of-saint-thomas.html|title=In the footsteps of Saint Thomas}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptXYAAAAMAAJ|title=First International Conference on the History of Early Christianity in India|date=2005|publisher=Institute of Asian Studies}}</ref>
St. Thomas sailed to [[Kokkamangalam]] where he preached the [[gospel]] for about a year.<ref name="Thayil2003">{{cite book|author=Thomas Thayil|title=The Latin Christians of Kerala: A Study on Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixTZAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Kristu Jyoti Publications|isbn=978-81-87370-18-5}}</ref> 1600 people converted to Christianity through him according to the narration in "[[Rampan Pattu]]", an ancient form of [[Christian folk-song]] prevalent in Kerala.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uT4MAQAAMAAJ|title=Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies|publisher=The Institute|year=2001}}</ref> He formed a Christian community at Kokkamangalam and enshrined a Cross for the faithful. This cross was later cut off by saboteurs, and thrown into the Lake Vembanad, through which it floated up to [[Pallippuram, Alappuzha|Pallippuram]], where it is enshrined.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Kerala-tourism-to-tap-states-Christian-heritage/articleshow/56041091.cms|title=Kerala tourism to tap state's Christian heritage - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 December 2016 }}</ref>
The Relic of Apostle St. Thomas enshrined here was brought from [[Ortona]] in [[Italy]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in November 1999. Special [[Novena prayers]] are held on Friday evenings to venerate the Relic. Devotees who aspire for jobs in foreign countries seek the intercession of the Apostle here.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
==Picture gallery==
<gallery>
Kokkamangalam Church 2023.jpg|Renovated Kokkamangalam Church in 2023
Kokkamangalam Church - lake side.jpg|View of church from north side
Altar of Kokkamangalam Church.jpg|Altar
Interior of Kokkamangalam Church.jpg|Interior
StThomasCross.jpg|The cross reputedly erected by the [[Apostle Thomas]] in [[Kokkamangalam]] (the original one is at [[Pallippuram, Alappuzha|Pallippuram]]; the replica in stone was erected in 2002).
Portrait of Apostle St. Thomas - Kokkamangalam Church.jpg|The portrait of St. Thomas is venerated here was brought from the [[Carmelite]] [[Monastery]] Mannanam in 1897 by  "Albhutha Mathai", pursuant to a revelation. This portrait is mounted in a decorated waft of great artistic value.<ref name="SamuelSantiago2008">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJtAAQAAIAAJ|title=Early Christianity in India: (with parallel developments in other parts of Asia)|publisher=Institute of Asian Studies (Madras, India), International Centre for the Study of Christianity in India|year=2008|isbn=978-81-87892-40-3|author1=G. John Samuel|author2=J. B. Santiago|author3=P. Thiagarajan}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Kokkamangalam Church}}
*http://www.stthomasdiocese.org/syromalabar-church
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[[Category:Churches in Alappuzha district]]