Valiyapally

Valiyapally (Malayalam: വലിയ പള്ളി, "Principal church") is a title given to a main church in a diocese of the Christian denominations Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church. It literally means "big church" in Malayalam.

For a church to be declared as a Valiyapally in these churches, it has to meet any of the following criteria:

  1. Parent parish of 5 parishes in the Region
  2. Have more than 500 families in the parish
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