It is the home to one of the holiest relics among the Malankara churches, a small piece of Mother Mary's belt, called the Holy Soonoro.

The inscription on the stones in the Haikalah of the church is in an ancient script-nanum monum, written about 600 years ago.

[1] The desire of Christians in the area for a holy place to conduct prayers and religious ceremonies were the root cause of the construction of the church.

On the 8th day of their prayer, the ancestors had a vision to build a church in the forest where a cow and calf were lying down, where fish and deer could be caught and Acacia Instia trees and canes were scattered around.

After a lot of deliberation, the king finally decided in favor of the ancestors, not wanting to disappoint him.

Edathil Thampuran continued to nurse his grudge against ancestors for bypassing him and getting the approval of the King.

Having spent almost all of his entire wealth on the church, the ancestors found it hard to continue the construction anymore.

[1] The inscription on the stones in the Haikalah of the church in the ancient script nanum monum (Vattezhuthu) show that they were inscribed in between about A.D. 910 and A.D. 920.

Kolo Suryoyo, the monthly newsletter of this organization shares the happenings of the cathedral to the community.

As a part of 'Pachathuruthu', a campaign for an ecofriendly parish, the youth association honors the best farmer of the Cathedral.

Christmas celebration of the Cathedral organized by the Youth Association is well attended by the general public.

A mobile application developed by Youth Association is also available in the Google Play Store as 'Manarcad pally'.