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THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE ST. PETERS & ST. PAULS ORTHODOX CHURCH, KOYAMBEDU. On 2nd April 1979 the first seed for the Koyambedu Church was sown at the Bishop's House at Anna Nagar on the initiative of about 8-9 orthodox church members where a Sunday service was started. For a short period the service was conducted in the Anna Nagar Ladies Club. As the number of members attending the service increased, the Sunday service was shifted to Bains School, Anna Nagar, with the permission of the school authorities. This arrangement continued from 1983-1991. As the growth of the members continued, the need was felt to start a chapel at Koyambedu. After a long search an extent of 72 grounds of land was purchased at the Koyambedu junction in 1984-85. On this land, a chapel was built as per the architectural design by Mr. Vergis Oommen. The first service in the new chapel was conducted in Dec'91. The chapel was started under the St. Thomas Cathedral, Broadway, in the name of St. Peters & St. Pauls Chapel with H.G. Zachariah Mar Dionysius as the Diocesan Bishop. After the demise of Mar Dionysius in 1997, H.G. Dr. Yakub Mar Irenaios became the Diocesan Bishop. The number of Parishners grew leaps and bounds and the need for an independent parish was felt by everyone. Thus the independent parish was born on 2nd Sep'2006 as per the General Body's decision of the St. Thomas Cathedral and H.G. Yakub Mar Ireanios , Diocesan Thirumeni's Kalpana. Rev. Fr. Gigi Mathew was appointed as the first Vicar and the church was named St. Peters & St. Pauls Orthodox Church. The growth of this independent church is phenomenal with the present membership being 421 families. St. Peters & St. Pauls Church is a Cynosure of all eyes. Every one who visits this church is all praise for the excellent upkeep and its maintenance. Now, to cap all the achievements, the church has constructed a massive Cross Tower and ' Kodimaram ' with the financial support of all the church members. |
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