Ringeltaube Vethamonikam Memorial Church, Mylaudy

Ringeltaube Vethamonikam Memorial Church,[1][2] at Mylaudy in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the largest and oldest churches in Asia. It's the cathedral of Kanyakumari Diocese, of the Church of South India (CSI).[3]

CSI Mylaudy
CSI Church, Mylaudy
8.157360°N 77.503340°E
Location	Mylaudy
Country	India
Website	www.csimylaudy.com
History
Status	Cathedral
Founded	1806
Founder(s)	Rev. William Tobias Ringletaube, Vethamonikam Desikar
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Cathedral
Style	Gothic
Administration
Diocese	Kanyakumari Diocese (former: South Travancore Diocese)
Province	Church of South India (former: Church of England (LMS))
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. A. R. Chellaiah
Priest(s)	Rev. D. S. Selvaraj
Assistant priest(s)	R. Yobu

In year 1996 this church was promoted as district church.

At present, This Single Seed (Mylaudy CSI Church) has spread like a Banyan tree and has grown into three Diocese/congregations (Kanyakumari Diocese, South Kerala Diocese, Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese).

Gallery

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  Church Decorated by lights
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  Rev. William Tobias Ringletaube
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  Maharasan Vethamonikam Desikar
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  Rev. Ringletaube missionary's House
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  History Pillar of Mylaudy Church
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  Vethamonikam Memorial hall
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  Mylaudy church -1809 (First Church of south Travancore)
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  Letter by Rev. Ringletaube to his Younger Sister and Engaged Wife to explain her illness and Growth of Christian Communities in South Travancore
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  Altar in CSI Mylaudy

References

1. "CSI Mylaudy | Home". www.csimylaudy.com.
2. "CHURCHES | CSI KANYAKUMARI DIOCESE". www.csikkd.org.
3. London Missionary Society, ed. (1869). Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society. London: John Snow & Co. p. 58.}}

External links

• CSI Mylaudy's channel on YouTube
• Ringletaube [sic. [An Account of William Tobias Ringeltaube.]
• The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity