THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The celebrations as part of 90th year of the establishment of the Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum will be held at the St Mary, Queen of Peace Malankara Catholic Basilica, at Palayam in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
The thanksgiving Holy Mass will be held at 6.30am.
His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, Major Archbishop-Catholicos and the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum will be the main celebrant.
The inauguration and Holy Eucharistic Adoration will be held from 3pm to 5pm.
The programmes will be broadcast live on Malankara Catholic TV.
As per the history of the parish, the original building of the church was a movie theatre called Pompadour.
Archbishop Mar Ivanios bought it and restructured it into a church in 1933.
The church building was thatched with tin sheets, and hence, it was called ‘thakarappalli’ for many years.
The church was blessed and named in honour of the Mother of God by Archbishop Mar Ivanios on March 11, 1933.
The Apostolic Constitution, Christo Pastorum Principi (11 June 1932), of Pope Pius XI established the Syro-Malankara Catholic Hierarchy comprising the metropolitan Eparchy of Trivandrum and the Eparchy of Thiruvalla.
It was officially proclaimed and executed in this church in 1933 by the Rt Rev Aloysius Maria Benziger, the delegate of the Holy See and the Bishop of Quilon (Kollam).
The First Holy Mass was celebrated in this church on March 12, 1933 by Archbishop Mar Ivanios along with the Most Rev Jacob Mar Theophilos, the Bishop of Thiruvalla, the Rt Rev Philipose Cheppad Remban and the Rt Rev Joseph Pulikottil Remban.