Sunday, June 22, 2014

St. Joseph’s Church, Aluva

St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary at Aluva is a major seminary of the Syro-Malabar Church of the St. Thomas Christians. 



The seminary has a cemetery that is a nice sturdy structure. This is a huge chapel which has been painted white in the interiors.



The church has beautiful and colrful stained glass windows. One of the colorful glass winow has Aeterni Sacerdotii on display.


X'mas is celebrated with great fan fare here.

39 comments:

  1. I just love touring old churches with so much history. The gothic design is wonderful, just lovely. I have come over from Dear Little Red House for the first time. Enjoy your travels. Kathy

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  2. Anonymous00:33

    interesting!

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  3. The seminary is a beautiful building and I love the stained glass windows. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

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  4. I've always admired stained glass windows. These are lovely!

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  5. I find churches very peaceful and beautiful. This is a lovely Church.

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  6. Anonymous12:57

    This church looks really pretty. The stained glass windows are lovely.

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  7. Anonymous21:25

    Fabulous shots!

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  8. What a lovely church. Where exactly is Aluva?

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  9. Beautiful, love the details

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  10. Neat post love the stained glass

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  11. Anonymous00:45

    Wonderful shots.

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  12. This is a beautiful church, Rajesh! I like to see the variety or colors and workmanship in stained glass windows

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  13. The interior of the church looks like the one we have in our churches but the exterior is quite different, it resembles the churches in Europe. Captivating photos!

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  14. Marvelous shots of the church ~ beautiful! for OWT ~ thanks, ^_^

    artmusedog and carol ( A Creative Harbor)

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  15. That's a beautiful Church.

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  16. a must visit when in that place.

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  17. Gorgeous construction..Thanks for sharing.

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  18. I love the peace in religious buildings, especially old churches and temples. Nicely presented.

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  19. Yes, wonderful photos, I really like the beauty of this great church!

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  20. Such a British looking church.

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  21. Very lovely church

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  22. It is very impressive and your photos show it off well! I'm always amazed at how much money and work goes into religious structures all over the world.

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  23. What a beautiful building! Great shots.

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  24. Very beautiful church and marvelously built! Nice description

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  25. Xtay beautiful
    Ann

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  26. It looks like a cathedral.Thanks for showing!
    Have a great week.
    Wil, ABCW Team

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  27. It must be a very moving service there at Xmas.

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  28. Impressive structure!
    ROG, ABCW

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  29. what proportion are Christians in India.

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  30. Great pics of a grand church!

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  31. Anonymous10:24

    Such a beautiful church...

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  32. Wonderful shots indded

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  33. Hi,

    The church certainly looks beautiful. You've given me another addition to my bucket list.
    Thanks for the clicks.

    Regards

    Jay
    My Blog

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  34. Great pictures. Pious atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.

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