A continuation post ( San Thome Basilica )…
15th October 2016
St. Rita’s Chapel (previously Church) is inside the San
Thome Matriculation Higher Secondary School. USCAN donated liberally to this
Church. It was built by the Armenians and there are two inscriptions available
on the east side of the wall facing Santhome High Road. The Armenian characters
say “In Memory of Armenian Nation, 1729.” During this year only St. Thomas's
grave was opened.
Another inscription in Portuguese on the same east side
wall (on the Santhome High Road side) says that the church was rebuilt in
1740 CE. Previously the entrance was from the side on the South. Later the entrance
was shifted to the North, inside the school. The Chapel was maintained by the Manford
brothers of St Gabriel from 1954.
LOCATION OF THE CHURCH: CLICK
HERE
SCHOOL ENTRANCE
The
original entrance to the Church from the South
“In
Memory of Armenian Nation, 1729.”
Another
inscription in Portuguese on the same
east side wall ( on the Santhome High Road side ) says that the church was rebuilt
in 1740.
.......……To
be Continued (Peyalwar’s birthplace)
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