The Small Church and The Crosses
As the reformation movement gathered momentum, the Small Church was built just opposite the main church on the main road. On eight-day festival Fast days and Sundays there is Holy Mass in the morning at the Small Church. From the time of its construction, all funeral ceremonies have been conducted at the Small Church.
Eight kilometers east of Kottayam town, on K.K. Road, at Manarcad Junction, lies a Cross of the Church. The church and all church establishments are all only around 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of this cross. There is another cross set up half a kilometer west of the Churchyard, at Kottayam.
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