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Church of Our Lady of Hope

Church of Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança, Vaipim (Portuguese)
Eccleasia de domina spei, Vypeen (Latin)
പ്രത്യാശ മാതാ പള്ളി വൈപ്പിൻ
Front of the church
Church of Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen is located in Kerala
Church of Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen
Church of Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen
9°58′25″N 76°14′34″E / 9.9737°N 76.2429°E / 9.9737; 76.2429
LocationFort Vypin, Vypin, Kochi, Kerala, India
DenominationLatin Catholic Church
WebsiteOur Lady of Hope, Diocese of Cochin
History
Former name(s)Capela de Nossa Senhora da Esperança
Founded1605 AD
DedicationVirgin Mary
Architecture
StyleGothic
Administration
DistrictErnakulam
DioceseDiocese of Cochin
ParishOur Lady of Hope Parish
Clergy
Bishop(s)Joseph Kariyil
Priest(s)Francis Pooppady
Assistant priest(s)Paul Yesudas Palliparambil[1]

Church of Our Lady of Hope (Cochin Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança) is a Latin Church parish in the Diocese of Cochin. It is located at Fort Vypin in the island of Vypeen, the point where the Vembanad Lake merges with the Arabian Sea, with Fort Cochin on the other side.

The church, with an area of 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi), occupies the southern end of Vypeen Island. Ministering to Latin Catholics of Malabar, its liturgies are according to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. The patron of the church is Our Lady of Hope a form in which Virgin mary is venerated as the patron of fishermen and navigators. The emblem of church is an anchor. It is one of the oldest churches in Kochi, built by the Portuguese in 1605 A.D. It is part of the Diocese of Cochin.

Ecce Homo:

The six-foot-tall statue of Ecce Homo (translated roughly as “Behold the Man”), carved on a single piece of rosewood, is a relic that has been preserved in the church for more than 400 years. It is a bruised and beaten embodiment of Jesus Christ, wrapped in a velvet cloak and venerated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It was given to the church by the captain of a passing Portuguese vessel on its way to Macau.


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References

  1. ^ "OUR LADY OF HOPE CHURCH (Estd. 1605) | Diocese". www.dioceseofcochin.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.