Kurisumala Ashram

In 1956, Zacharias Mar Athanasios, then the Bishop of Thiruvalla,[1][2] invited Francis Mahieu, a Trappist monk from Scourmont Abbey in Belgium, to Kerala to establish the ashram.

On 1 December 1956, Mahieu and Griffiths laid the foundation at Tiruvalla in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church [citation needed].

A couple of years before his death in 2002, Acharya, who had remained in touch with the monastery of his youth, had the Kurisumala Ashram affiliated with the Trappists [citation needed].

[4][11] The ashram also emphasizes the importance of "bread-labour," where monks engage in farming and housework for several hours each day.

The Death of Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross and The experiences of Inflict is commemorated here where during the Lenten especially on Good Friday.