Very Rev. Iype Thoma Kathanar

2 December, 1842: Birth of Iype Thoma Kathanar (Kovoor Achen d.27 Jan,1917).

Ipe Thoma Kathanar was one of the prominent priests of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. He bought the Panchayathu Purayidam (present SCS Compound in Tiruvalla, Kerala) for the Church in 1892 for Rs.600. It was he who started the Kettuthengu – practice of dedicating coconut trees from each house for the fund collections for the welfare of the Church.

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