The much awaited Parumala Perunnal 2012 will start today at Parumala St. Peter's and St. Pauls's Orthodox Syrian Church. The Church is commonly known as Parumala Church and is the resting place of the late St. Geevarghese Mar Gregorios who is the first official Saint from Kerala. From today onwards Parumala Church and its premises will witness huge flow of believers from across the world.
The Parumala Feast or Perunnal will be kick started by the official Flag hoisting at the Parumala Church compound by HH Baselios Marthoma Paulose II (The Catholicos of the Easet and Malankara Metropolitan) at 2 PM. Following this there will be prayers, speeches and other spiritual gathering every day for one week. The main part of the Perunnal will be on November 1 and 2 where people from different parts of India will reach the Church by foot. Majority of the Parishes inside Kerala will walk to this Christian pilgrimage center in Kerala and some Parishes takes 3-4 days to reach Parumala Church by foot.
The pilgrims start reaching Parumala Church by 1st and 2nd of November and by around 5.30 PM of November 2nd the Perunnal Flag will be taken down marking the end of Parumala Perunnal 2012. The Parumala Perunnal is considered to be one of the biggest Christian feast celebrations in Kerala and will take place under the presence of various Metropolitans and Priests from the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
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