Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
| Payyappilly Palakkappilly Varghese Kathanar ܡܪܝ ܘܪܓܝܤ ܦܐܝܐܦܝܠܝ ܦܠܟܦܝܠܝ |
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Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly
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8 August 1876 Perumanoor, Kerala, India |
| Died | 5 October 1929 (aged 53) Konthuruthy, Kerala, India |
| Venerated in | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Mar Yohanan Nepumsianose Syro-Malabar Church, Konthuruthy |
| Feast | 5 October |
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly was a Syrian Catholic (Syro-Malabar) priest from the Indian state of Kerala and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared as Servant of God by Varkey Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in 2009.
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly was born as Kunjuvaru on 8 August 1876 at Perumanoor to Payyappilly Palakkappilly Lonan and Kunjumariam. Payyappilly Palakkappilly is an ancient Saint Thomas Christian family in India. The word Payyappilly, translated as "beautiful building" or "beautiful house", is derived from the Syriac ܦܐܝܐ Payya "beautiful, radiant" and the Malayalam word പിള്ളി Pilly, a variant of പള്ളി Pally, "church, building". His family had a close involvement with the Church.
Varghese was educated in the parish school at Perumanoor and at St. Albert's School, Ernakulam. He received his religious training from the Central Seminary at Puthenpally and the Papal Seminary at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1907 and was known as Payyappilly Palakkappilly Varghese Kathanar. He learned the Syriac language under the guidance of Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil.
Varghese Kathanar served as parish priest in Kadamakkudy (1909–11), Alengad (1911–13) and Arakuzha (1920–22). During his tenure in Marth Mariam Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Arakuzha he began the St. Mary's Higher Secondary School there. His efforts transformed the parish and helped to solve many long-lasting family problems. He gave the lands to the tenants of the church and had some profitable land purchased for the church, thus making it self-sufficient. He also purchased 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land in M. C. Road for constructing St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Meenkunnam.
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