Karingachira Church

A Syrian Orthodox Church built in 722 AD near Hill Palace, Thripunitura. The church is named after Saint George. The Katthanar (Vicar) of Karingachira was considered the representative of the Nasarani community of the erstwhile Cochin State. The Saint Parumala Thirumeni was ordained as a deacon in this church in 1857.

This church was elevated as a cathedral by Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I Iwas in 2004.

This church is a Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, under the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Christian Church and the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. Now the Patriarch is Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. The Catholicos of Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, H.B. Aboon Mor Baseliose Thomas 1st and the Kochi Diocesian (http://www.kochidiocese.org) Bishop, Joseph Mor Gregorios and the Holy Episcopal Synod of Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christian Church control this church's spiritual activities.

Website : http://www.st.georgechurch.org/