Church of Our Lady of Hope

Church of Our Lady of Hope (Cochin Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança) is a Latin Church parish in the Diocese of Cochin.

The church, with an area of 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi), occupies the southern end of Vypeen Island.

Ecce Homo: The six-foot-tall statue of Ecce Homo (translated roughly as “Behold the Man”), carved on a single piece of rosewood, is a relic that has been preserved in the church for more than 400 years.

It is a bruised and beaten embodiment of Jesus Christ, wrapped in a velvet cloak and venerated on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

It was given to the church by the captain of a passing Portuguese vessel on its way to Macau.