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The Church of the East was the earliest form of Christianity in India, as adopted by the St Thomas Christians of the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) from at least the third century, and possibly much earlier.
Great Friday is a national holiday, All Souls Day is another holiday that is observed by most Christians in India. [197] Most Protestant churches celebrate harvest festivals, usually in late October or early November. [198] Easter and All Saints Day are also observed by many. Christian weddings in India conform to the white wedding.
Pages in category "Christian denominations in India" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Eastern Christianity in India: A History of the Syro-Malabar Church from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Translated and edited by E. R. Hambye. Westminster, MD: Newman Press. Weil, S. (1982). "Symmetry between Christians and Jews in India: The Cananite Christians and Cochin Jews in Kerala". Contributions to Indian Sociology.
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...
Christian denominations in India (4 C, 9 P) * Indian Christians (15 C, 218 P) A. Affiliated institutions of the National Council of Churches in India (1 C, 37 P)
The total number of Latin Catholics in North East India as of 2020 stands at 1,913,431 adherents where the region is divided into 3 Metropolitan Archdioceses and 12 suffragan dioceses with a total of 528 parishes and more than 3500 chapels/mission stations/local churches and congregations as per the statistics mentioned below.
The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of Protestant denominations in South India that occurred after the independence of India. The Church of South India ordains women and transgender clergy, supports LGBTQ inclusion, advocates decriminalisation of same-sex relationships ...