Mar Sabrisho and Mar Piruz, Nasrani History

Kothanalloor church was also established by Mar Sapir …

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Comment posted Arrival of Mar Sabrisho and Mar Piruz, Earliest Reports, Copper Plates, Katheeshangal,Christians & Churches at Quilon by M Thomas Antony.

Kothanalloor church was also established by Mar Sapir and Afroth, the east syrian twin saints. During the synod of diamper, the Portuguese banned using kantheesangal’s name for churches as they could not accept them as saints. As the syrian catholics were so attached to kantheesangal’s name, they introduced another twin saints from milan- St garvasees and St Prothasis as Kantheesangal. They renamed all Kantheesangal’s church under the Pazhayacoor community as either all saints ( eg. Synod of Diamper church )or St garvasees and Prothasees church !! (I have read recently that one of these twin saints were identical twins and the other not ).

Actually, Garvasees and prothasees are not the real kantheesangals of the nasranis.( katheesangals means twin saints ??) They were imposed by the Portuguese. They were not Jacobites also. They were from persian church which was established by St Thomas the Apostle. ( Jacobite church- Antiochian church was established by St Peter and they have no connection with St Thomas.
I think it is high time to rename the Kothanallor church and the Synod of Diamper church at Udayamperoor back on Mar sapir and Mar Afroth, the real Kantheesangal !!