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| | Niranam St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church - Niranam Valiapally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church, Niranam, popularly known as Niranam Valiapally, is a parish under the Niranam diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. |
 | | This church was founded by St. Thomas (Mar Thoma), the Apostle of Jesus Christ, in AD The present building, supposedly the fourth, was constructed in 1912 and was reinforced during the year 2000. |
 | | Though St. Thomas Christians (Syrian Christians) have moved to various denominations, the parental body - Indian Orthodox Church - maintained its independent nature and is headed by the Catholicos of the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas, Moran Mar Baselius Marthoma Mathews II. |
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